Spræc

Sprǣc is mennisc cræft be þǣm man leormaþ and brȳcþ manigfealdlīca endebyrdnessa tō gemǣnsumienne. Man ēac hāteþ ǣnge bysene sƿelces cræftes sprǣc oþþe tunge. Gif man ƿille tellan hū fela sprǣca þǣr sīen on ƿorulde sceall man macian dōm mid þǣm tō ascēadenne sprǣca undersprǣca. Apinsunga secgaþ þe þǣr sīen betƿeoh 6,000 and 7,000 sprǣca. Gecyndelīca sprǣca sind gesprecen oþþe gebēacnod, ac man cann settan ǣnige sprǣce on ōðrum andƿeorce, tō bysene ƿrītunge.