What's the difference between spake and spale?

Spake


Definition:

  • () imp. of Speak.
  • () of Speak

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Free from growth When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things – 1 Corinthians 13:11 Growth is fine for children, but adults stop growing when they reach maturity.
  • (2) So spake Mr Gradgrind, Dickens's dismal schoolteacher in Hard Times , published 1854.

Spale


Definition:

  • (n.) A lath; a shaving or chip, as of wood or stone.
  • (n.) A strengthening cross timber.

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