ᛋᛒᛡ

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Proto-Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *spahō, either as a feminine noun meaning ‘prophecy, prediction’, or as an inflected form of Proto-Germanic *spahōną (I predict, I foresee). Since the Old Norse verb spá can take the genitive, it can not be said which this word is. Ultimately, however, the word is derived from Proto-Indo-European *speḱ- (to look).

A more primitive Scandinavian form should have been *ᛊᛈᚨᚺᚢ (*spahu). In its attested form, the word is young enough to have undergone loss of medial /-h-/, as well as syncope, and possibly even u-umlaut /a/ > /ǫ/.

Noun

ᛋᛒᛡ (sbᴀ /spā/) f

  1. prediction, prophecy
    • 6th century, inscription on the Björketorp stone:
      ᚢᚦᛡᚱᛡᛒᛡᛋᛒᛡ
      uþArAbAsbA
      ūþarᵃβa spā
      prophecy of misfortune

Descendants

  • Old Norse: spá, spǫ́
    • Icelandic: spá

Verb

ᛋᛒᛡ (sbᴀ /spā/)

  1. I predict, I foretell
    • 6th century, inscription on the Björketorp stone:
      ᚢᚦᛡᚱᛡᛒᛡᛋᛒᛡ
      uþArAbAsbA
      ūþarᵃβa spā
      I predict misfortune

Descendants