From Old Swedish speia, from Middle Low German spējen, from Old Saxon *spehōn, from Proto-West Germanic *spehōn, from Proto-Germanic *spehōną. Cognate of Danish speide, German spähen. Doublet of spå. See also origin for spion.
speja (present spejar, preterite spejade, supine spejat, imperative speja)
Active | Passive | |||
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Infinitive | speja | spejas | ||
Supine | spejat | spejats | ||
Imperative | speja | — | ||
Imper. plural1 | spejen | — | ||
Present | Past | Present | Past | |
Indicative | spejar | spejade | spejas | spejades |
Ind. plural1 | speja | spejade | spejas | spejades |
Subjunctive2 | speje | spejade | spejes | spejades |
Participles | ||||
Present participle | spejande | |||
Past participle | — | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. |