spegla

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Icelandic

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From the noun spegill (mirror).

Verb

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spegla (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative speglaði, supine speglað)

  1. (transitive, with accusative) to reflect, to mirror (to present an identical, albeit reversed, image)
  2. (reflexive, with accusative) to look at oneself in a mirror
Conjugation
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

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spegla

  1. inflection of spegill:
    1. indefinite accusative plural
    2. indefinite genitive plural

Old Norse

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Noun

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spegla

  1. accusative/genitive plural indefinite of spegill

Swedish

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Etymology

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spegel (mirror) +‎ -a

Verb

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spegla (present speglar, preterite speglade, supine speglat, imperative spegla)

  1. to reflect
  2. to mirror (literally or figuratively)

Conjugation

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