Spá

Old Norse Dictionary - spá

Meaning 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.)
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