Æfter-sprecan

According to the Old English Dictionary:

æfter-sprecan

p. -spræc, pl. -sprǽcon; pp. -sprecen [sprecan to speak] To claim; petere, repetere :-- Ágnung biþ nér ðam ðe hæfþ, ðonne ðam ðe æftersprecþ possession is always nearer to him who has, than to him who claims, L. Eth. ii. 9; Th. i. 290, 21. æfter-sprecan