spegill

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Icelandic

Etymology

Inherited from Old Norse spegill, from Latin speculum, via Middle Low German spegel. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *speḱ- (“to see”).

Pronunciation

Noun

spegill m (genitive singular spegils, nominative plural speglar)

  1. mirror, looking-glass / looking glass

Declension

Declension of spegill (masculine)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative spegill spegillinn speglar speglarnir
accusative spegil spegilinn spegla speglana
dative spegli speglinum speglum speglunum
genitive spegils spegilsins spegla speglanna

Old Norse

Etymology

Derived from Latin speculum, via Middle Low German spegel. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *speḱ- (“to see”).

Noun

spegill m (genitive spegils, plural speglar)

  1. mirror, looking-glass / looking glass

Declension

  Declension of spegill (strong a-stem)
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative spegill spegillinn speglar speglarnir
accusative spegil spegilinn spegla speglana
dative spegli speglinum speglum speglunum
genitive spegils spegilsins spegla speglanna

Synonyms

Descendants

  • Faroese: spegil
  • Icelandic: spegill
  • Danish: spejl n
  • Norwegian Bokmål: speil n
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: spegel
  • Swedish: spegel c

References

  • “spegill”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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