spegill
Icelandic
Etymology
Inherited from Old Norse spegill, from Latin speculum, via Middle Low German spegel. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *speḱ- (“to see”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈspeiːjɪtl/
- Rhymes: -eiːjɪtl
Noun
spegill m (genitive singular spegils, nominative plural speglar)
Declension
| 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
Borrowed from Middle Low German spêgel, from Old Saxon spēgal, from Proto-West Germanic *spēgl.
Noun
spegill m (genitive spegils, plural speglar)
- mirror, looking-glass / looking glass
- Synonym: skuggsjá
Declension
| 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 |
Descendants
- Faroese: spegil
- Icelandic: spegill
- Danish: spejl n
- Norwegian Bokmål: speil n
- Norwegian Nynorsk: spegel (see there for further descendants)
- Swedish: spegel c (see there for further descendants)
Further reading
- Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “spegill”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive