speni
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Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse speni, from Proto-Germanic *spenô. More at English spean.
Pronunciation
Noun
speni m (genitive singular spena, nominative plural spenar)
Declension
| Declension of speni | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| m-w1 | singular | plural | ||
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | speni | speninn | spenar | spenarnir |
| accusative | spena | spenann | spena | spenana |
| dative | spena | spenanum | spenum | spenunum |
| genitive | spena | spenans | spena | spenanna |
See also
Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *spenô.
Noun
speni m (genitive spena)
- a dug (of an animal)
Declension
Declension of speni (weak an-stem)
Descendants
- Icelandic: speni
- Faroese: spini (“teat; penis”)
- Norwegian Bokmål: spene
- Norwegian Nynorsk: spene
- Swedish: spene, späne
- Danish: spene
References
- “speni”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press