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)

1. mirror, looking-glass / looking glass

Declension

Declension of spegill (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

Old Norse

Etymology

Derived from Latin speculum, via Middle Low German spegel. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *speḱ- (“to see”).

Noun

spegill m (genitive spegils, plural speglar)

1. mirror, looking-glass / looking glass

   Synonym: skuggsjá

Declension

Declension of spegill (strong a-stem)

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
  • → Northern Sami: speadjal
  • → Southern Sami: speejjele
• Swedish: spegel c
  • → Estonian: peegel
  • → Finnish: peili
    • → Ingrian: speili (from an early form)

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “spegill”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive