speik

Scots

Alternative forms

• speak, spik, spikk

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Scots speik, from Northern Middle English speke, from Old English sprecan, from Proto-West Germanic * sprekan, from Proto-Germanic *sprekaną.

Verb

speik (third-person singular simple present speiks, present participle speikin, simple past spack, past participle spocken)

1. to speak (communicate using the voice)
   • 1983, William Lorimer, transl., The New Testament in Scots, Edinburgh: Canongate, published 2001, →ISBN, →OCLC, Matthew 1:22-23, page 3:

     Aa this happent at the wurd spokken bi the Lord throu the prophet micht be fulfilled: Behaud, the virgin will bouk an beir a son, an they will caa his name Immanuel— that is, "God with us".

     All of this happened so the statement made by the Lord through the prophet could be fulfilled: "Look, the virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they'll call him Immanuel", which means "God with us".