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# spake

verb, past tense of speak

«spake» in the English dictionary: Early Modern English — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Early Modern English

### Meaning

Said words aloud, in the past. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/S/spake/#m1)

### Then and now

No longer used; today we say spoke. The sentences use the same sense.

### Examples

- Thus spake Dvina while blessing him:-- (Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/S/spake/#x1)
- And she spake to her and said: (The Pink Fairy Book) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/S/spake/#x2)
- Thus spake the old man, and straightway disappeared. (Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/S/spake/#x3)

### Note

Today: spoke.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «spake» in the Early Modern English dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/S/spake/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«spake» in the Early Modern English dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/emode/w/spake.html) on Mova free.