(a) To speak, talk; -- also refl.; of birds: sing; ~ with mouth; ~ ayen, contradict (natural law) [quot.: Jos.Arim. 106; see kinde n. 7. (b)]; ~ forth, proceed (with a narrative); ~ of, tell (sth.), narrate (a gospel story); discuss (sb. or sth.); refer to (sb. in a story, sth. in prayer); ~ of manace, make threatening talk (to sb.); ~ to, address (sb.); ~ toyen, argue with (sb.); ~ with, confer or converse with (sb.); commune with (Christ); also, preach at (sb.); ~ yen, allege against (Christ); melle-som-time [see quot.]; (b) to say (sth.); speak (a language); discuss (sth.); utter (a message, a kind of discourse, words); tell (sb.), address (sb.); account for (sth.); tell (a story); ~ unworshipe of, defame (sb.); word..at ~, something to say, the gift of speech [quot.: Psalt.Mariae(1)].