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Old English
Etymology
sundor- + sprǣċ
Pronunciation
Noun
sundorsprǣċ f
- private conversation
- c. 992, Ælfric, "The Passion of the Apostles Peter and Paul"
Petrus cwæþ, "Ġif hē godcundnesse hæbbe, þonne seċġe hē hwæt iċ þenċe oþþe hwæt iċ dōn wille." Nerō cwæþ, "Sæġe mē, Petrus, on sundorsprǣċe hwæt þū þenċe."- Peter said, "If he really has divine powers, he should tell me what I'm thinking or what I'm about to do." Nero said, "Peter, tell me what you're thinking in private ."
- c. 996, Ælfric's Lives of Saints
Þā nam Eugenia hīe on sundorsprǣċe and bæd þæt hīe hire feax forcurfen on wǣpnedmanna wīsan and mid wǣdum ġehīewoden swelċe hēo cniht wǣre.- Then Eugenia took them aside and asked them to give her a male haircut and dress her up like a boy.
Declension
Declension of sundorsprǣċ (strong ō-stem)