spegill

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈspeiːjɪtl/

  Rhymes: -eiːjɪtl

Noun

spegill m (genitive singular spegils, nominative plural speglar)

1. mirror, looking glass

Declension

declension of spegill

m-s1	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

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Old Norse

Etymology

(deprecated template usage)

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 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

• Icelandic: spegill
• Norwegian Nynorsk: spegel
• Norwegian Bokmål: speil n
• Swedish: spegel c

References

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