Spá
Old Norse Dictionary - spáMeaning of Old Norse word "spá" in English.
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
spá Old Norse word can mean:
- spá
- ð, pres. spái; pret. spáð: [a contr. form; Scot. spae; cp. Germ. spähen; Lat. spec-, spicio]:—prop. to pry, look, but only in
- spá
- II. metaph. to spae (Scot.), prophesy, foretel, the person in dat., the thing in dat. or acc.; eigi vil ek þess spá, Sd. 160; spá mun ek þeim þess, at …, Fb. i. 548; spá ú-orðna hluti, 656 C. 6; spá fyrir ú-orðna hluti, Fms. i. 96; spá mér slíkar spár, Nj. 82; þat spáði mér Þórir félagi minn, 98; kemr nú í hug hvat konungrinn hafði spáð homun, Fms, xi. 83; spásaga er spáð var, viii. 240.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᛒᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
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Abbreviations used:
- contr.
- contracted.
- cp.
- compare.
- Germ.
- German.
- Lat.
- Latin.
- m.
- masculine.
- prop.
- proper, properly.
- pres.
- present.
- pret.
- preterite.
- Scot.
- Scottish.
- acc.
- accusative.
- dat.
- dative.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fb.
- Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)
- Sd.
- Svarfdæla Saga. (D. II.)