Verb (used without object) : He was too ill to speak. ,to speak to a person of various matters. ,She spoke with him for an hour. ,to speak at a meeting. From Dictionary.com.
Verb (used with object) : to speak words of praise. ,to speak the truth. ,to speak French. ,We spoke a whaler on the fourth day at sea. From Dictionary.com.
His voice did he keep under/and ne'er a word spake he. From Wordnik.com. [The Nibelungenlied Translated into Rhymed English Verse in the Metre of the Original] Reference
And never a word spake Fafnir, but his eyes waxed red and grim. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of Sigurd the Volsung and the Fall of the Niblungs] Reference
Then never a word spake Siggeir, save: "Where be Volsung's sons?". From Wordnik.com. [The Story of Sigurd the Volsung and the Fall of the Niblungs] Reference
After the first three minutes he forgot his burden and never a word spake he. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, August 11, 1920] Reference
But never a word spake his son, but stood looking straight forward, cold and calm by seeming. From Wordnik.com. [The Roots of the Mountains; Wherein Is Told Somewhat of the Lives of the Men of Burgdale] Reference
And dashing horse and gleaming sword spake out his royal will. From Wordnik.com. [How the Flag Became Old Glory] Reference
Now the message gladdened Volsung and his sons, but no word spake. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of Sigurd the Volsung] Reference
No word spake the earls of the Goth-folk, but the hall rang out with. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of Sigurd the Volsung and the Fall of the Niblungs] Reference
Sling Stranaslang, how Malo-razzias spikes her, coining a speak a spake!. From Wordnik.com. [Finnegans Wake] Reference
"When she came in she sat still like ane dazed and spent, and never a word spake she. From Wordnik.com. [Allison Bain, or, By a Way she knew not] Reference
And then away, with a quick foot, and never an other word spake she till we gat us home. From Wordnik.com. [Joyce Morrell's Harvest The Annals of Selwick Hall] Reference
So not a word spake. From Wordnik.com. [Dombey and Son] Reference
Nor ever a word spake he. From Wordnik.com. [Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 (of 2)] Reference
And never a word spake he. From Wordnik.com. [Casa Braccio, Volumes 1 and 2 (of 2)] Reference
Not a word spake Hiawatha. From Wordnik.com. [The Song of Hiawatha] Reference
But never a word spake she. From Wordnik.com. [Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2 (of 2)] Reference
So not a word spake Captain. From Wordnik.com. [Dombey and Son] Reference
But never a word spake Sorley Boy. From Wordnik.com. [Sir Ludar A Story of the Days of the Great Queen Bess] Reference
Said only, "He who spake is dead.". From Wordnik.com. [A Discourse Occasioned by the Death of Abraham Lincoln] Reference
Never a word spake the heir of Lime. From Wordnik.com. [English Songs and Ballads] Reference
Never a word spake the heir of Linne. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of Brave Old Ballads] Reference
Never a word spake the heire of Linne. From Wordnik.com. [A Book of Old Ballads — Complete] Reference
"No word spake Reidmar the great, for the eyes of his heart were turned. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of Sigurd the Volsung] Reference
I open the black flap to speak the "spake" s and quickly lose track of who wed, who bred. From Wordnik.com. [The New Yorker] Reference
One of its most common words is "spake" (archaic form of "spoke"), which it uses 644 times. From Wordnik.com. [Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]] Reference
If she spake never a word, her look would kill me. From Wordnik.com. [Saronia A Romance of Ancient Ephesus] Reference
I felt sorry for her who spake, and him who heard. From Wordnik.com. [How to Cook Husbands] Reference
If kind words be love, then spake he kindly to me. '. From Wordnik.com. [Saronia A Romance of Ancient Ephesus] Reference
Often and often have I heard your father spake of 'em. From Wordnik.com. [The Widow O'Callaghan's Boys] Reference
Thus spake Tzara trust a dada, some say silly but the end has begun. From Wordnik.com. [quo Murphy] Reference
AND the next began to speake, he that spake of the strength of a king. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete] Reference
According to Acts 2: 4, they all spake as the Spirit gave them utterance. From Wordnik.com. [Trials and Triumphs of Faith] Reference
"There's toimes when it's the thing to spake before 'em all," she thought. From Wordnik.com. [The Widow O'Callaghan's Boys] Reference
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