Participles
| Present | forsprecende |
| Past | forsprecen |
Indicative
Present
| 1st sing. | forsprece |
| 2nd sing. | forspricst |
| 3rd sing. | forspricþ |
| 1st plur. | forsprecaþ |
| 2nd plur. | forsprecaþ |
| 3rd plur. | forsprecaþ |
Past
| 1st sing. | forspræc |
| 2nd sing. | forsprǣce |
| 3rd sing. | forspræc |
| 1st plur. | forsprǣcon |
| 2nd plur. | forsprǣcon |
| 3rd plur. | forsprǣcon |
Subjunctive
Present
| 1st sing. | forsprece |
| 2nd sing. | forsprece |
| 3rd sing. | forsprece |
| 1st plur. | forsprecen |
| 2nd plur. | forsprecen |
| 3rd plur. | forsprecen |
Past
| 1st sing. | forsprǣce |
| 2nd sing. | forsprǣce |
| 3rd sing. | forsprǣce |
| 1st plur. | forsprǣcen |
| 2nd plur. | forsprǣcen |
| 3rd plur. | forsprǣcen |
Imperative
| Singular | forsprec |
| Plural | forsprecaþ |
Verbs conjugated like 'forsprecan'
biwrecan,
missprecan,
ofersprecan,
þurhwrecan,
forþsprecan,
forsprecan,
onwrecan,
goldwrecan,
bewrecan,
forwrecan,
wiþsprecan,
oferwrecan,
besprecan,
Verbs similar to 'forsprecan'
forþsprecan,
forbrecan,
forsecan,
forwrecan,
ofersprecan,
besprecan,
fordrencan,
forsacan,
forscrihan,
forscrincan,
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *frasprekan. Equivalent to for- + sprecan. Compare Old High German firsprehhan (whence German versprechen), and Old Saxon farsprekan (whence Dutch verspreken). See: Old High German 'firsprehhan', German, old spelling '
versprechen', Dutch '
verspreken'.
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