spegill

Icelandic

Etymology

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

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

Old Norse

Etymology

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

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

Synonyms
  • skuggsjá

Descendants
  • Faroese: spegil
  • Icelandic: spegill
  • Norwegian:
    Norwegian Nynorsk: spegel
    Norwegian Bokmål: speil n
    • → Northern Sami: speadjal
    • → Southern Sami: speejjele
  • Swedish: spegel c

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