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spack, a. and adv. Obs. exc. dial.
Also 3–4 spac, 4 spak, spake; 7 spackt, 9 spact.
[a. ON. spak-r (MSw. spaker, Norw. and Sw. spak, Da. spag) quiet, gentle, wise, clever.]
A. adj.
1. Of persons: Quick, prompt, ready; intelligent, clever. Now dial.
c1200Trin. Coll. Hom. 183 To gode þu ware slau and let, and to euele spac and hwat. a1240Lofsong in O.E. Hom. I. 205 Ich habbe..inumen mis, and mis etholden ofte, tovel spac, and slow to Godd. 13..E.E. Allit. P. C. 169 Þenne bispeke þe spakest dispayred wel nere. 1674Ray N.C. Words 44 A Spackt Lad or Wench: apt to learn, ingenious. 1818–in dial. glossaries (Chesh., Derby, Leics., etc.). a1904in Eng. Dial. Dict. s.v., [In Bedfordshire] a child is said to be ‘not very spack’.
†2. Gentle, quiet, tame. Obs. rare.
1303R. Brunne Handl. Synne 319 Y sagh hyt [sc. the Spirit] so mylde and spake, Þat with my hande y myght hyt take. Ibid. 7486 For hyt [sc. the bird] sate by hym so spake [gloss. tame].
†B. adv. Quickly, promptly, speedily. Obs.
13..Orfeo 305 (Auchinleck MS.), His schlauain he dede on, al so spac, And henge his harp opon his bac. c1330King of Tars 774 The soudan com in that was so blak, The child heo schewed him also spak. 13..E.E. Allit. P. C. 104 [The sailors] sprude spak to þe sprete þe spare bawe-lyne. |