spakr

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Old Norse

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *spakaz, from Proto-Indo-European *speḱ- (to observe, look). Cognate with Old High German spah.

Adjective

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spakr (comparative spakari, superlative spakastr)

  1. quiet, gentle
  2. wise, with the notion of prophetic vision

Declension

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Synonyms

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Icelandic: spakur
  • Faroese: spakur
  • Norwegian Bokmål: spak
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: spak
  • Old Swedish: spaker
  • Danish: spag
  • Middle English: spake

References

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