"spegill" meaning in Old Norse

See spegill in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Etymology: Borrowed from Middle Low German spêgel, from Old Saxon spēgal, from Proto-West Germanic *spēgl. Etymology templates: {{root|non|ine-pro|*speḱ-}}, {{dercat|non|VL.|LL.}}, {{bor|non|gml|spêgel}} Middle Low German spêgel, {{der|non|osx|spēgal}} Old Saxon spēgal, {{der|non|gmw-pro|*spēgl}} Proto-West Germanic *spēgl Head templates: {{head|non|nouns|g=m|g2=|head=|sort=|tr=}} spegill m, {{non-noun|m|spegils|speglar}} spegill m (genitive spegils, plural speglar) Inflection templates: {{non-decl-m-a|spegil|3=spegl|ns=spegill}}, {{non-decl-blank-full|apd=speglana|api=spegla|asd=spegilinn|asi=spegil|dpd=speglunum|dpi=speglum|dsd=speglinum|dsi=spegli|g=masculine|gpd=speglanna|gpi=spegla|gsd=spegilsins|gsi=spegils|notes=|npd=speglarnir|npi=speglar|nsd=spegillinn|nsi=spegill|stem=strong a-stem|title=spegill}}, {{non-decl-cell|spegill|nsi}}, {{non-decl-cell|spegillinn|nsd}}, {{non-decl-cell|speglar|npi}}, {{non-decl-cell|speglarnir|npd}}, {{non-decl-cell|spegil|asi}}, {{non-decl-cell|spegilinn|asd}}, {{non-decl-cell|spegla|api}}, {{non-decl-cell|speglana|apd}}, {{non-decl-cell|spegli|dsi}}, {{non-decl-cell|speglinum|dsd}}, {{non-decl-cell|speglum|dpi}}, {{non-decl-cell|speglunum|dpd}}, {{non-decl-cell|spegils|gsi}}, {{non-decl-cell|spegilsins|gsd}}, {{non-decl-cell|spegla|gpi}}, {{non-decl-cell|speglanna|gpd}} Forms: spegils [genitive], speglar [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], spegill [indefinite, nominative, singular], spegillinn [definite, nominative, singular], speglar [indefinite, nominative, plural], speglarnir [definite, nominative, plural], spegil [accusative, indefinite, singular], spegilinn [accusative, definite, singular], spegla [accusative, indefinite, plural], speglana [accusative, definite, plural], spegli [dative, indefinite, singular], speglinum [dative, definite, singular], speglum [dative, indefinite, plural], speglunum [dative, definite, plural], spegils [genitive, indefinite, singular], spegilsins [definite, genitive, singular], spegla [genitive, indefinite, plural], speglanna [definite, genitive, plural]
  1. mirror, looking-glass / looking glass Tags: masculine Synonyms: skuggsjá
    Sense id: en-spegill-non-noun-j11jOBXZ Categories (other): Old Norse entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "lang_code": "fo",
      "word": "spegil"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "lang_code": "is",
      "word": "spegill"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Danish",
      "lang_code": "da",
      "raw_tags": [
        "n"
      ],
      "word": "spejl"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "lang_code": "nb",
      "raw_tags": [
        "n"
      ],
      "word": "speil"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "lang_code": "nn",
      "word": "spegel"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "raw_tags": [
        "c"
      ],
      "word": "spegel"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*speḱ-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "VL.",
        "3": "LL."
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "dercat"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "gml",
        "3": "spêgel"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Low German spêgel",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "osx",
        "3": "spēgal"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Saxon spēgal",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*spēgl"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *spēgl",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Middle Low German spêgel, from Old Saxon spēgal, from Proto-West Germanic *spēgl.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "spegils",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "speglar",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "non-decl-m-a",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spegill",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spegillinn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "speglar",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "speglarnir",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spegil",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spegilinn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spegla",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "speglana",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spegli",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "speglinum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "speglum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "speglunum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spegils",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spegilsins",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spegla",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "speglanna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "nouns",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": ""
      },
      "expansion": "spegill m",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "spegils",
        "3": "speglar"
      },
      "expansion": "spegill m (genitive spegils, plural speglar)",
      "name": "non-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "spegil",
        "3": "spegl",
        "ns": "spegill"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-m-a"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "apd": "speglana",
        "api": "spegla",
        "asd": "spegilinn",
        "asi": "spegil",
        "dpd": "speglunum",
        "dpi": "speglum",
        "dsd": "speglinum",
        "dsi": "spegli",
        "g": "masculine",
        "gpd": "speglanna",
        "gpi": "spegla",
        "gsd": "spegilsins",
        "gsi": "spegils",
        "notes": "",
        "npd": "speglarnir",
        "npi": "speglar",
        "nsd": "spegillinn",
        "nsi": "spegill",
        "stem": "strong a-stem",
        "title": "spegill"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-blank-full"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "spegill",
        "2": "nsi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "spegillinn",
        "2": "nsd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "speglar",
        "2": "npi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "speglarnir",
        "2": "npd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "spegil",
        "2": "asi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "spegilinn",
        "2": "asd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "spegla",
        "2": "api"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "speglana",
        "2": "apd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "spegli",
        "2": "dsi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "speglinum",
        "2": "dsd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "speglum",
        "2": "dpi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "speglunum",
        "2": "dpd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "spegils",
        "2": "gsi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "spegilsins",
        "2": "gsd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "spegla",
        "2": "gpi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "speglanna",
        "2": "gpd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old Norse",
  "lang_code": "non",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old Norse entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "mirror, looking-glass / looking glass"
      ],
      "id": "en-spegill-non-noun-j11jOBXZ",
      "links": [
        [
          "mirror",
          "mirror"
        ],
        [
          "looking-glass",
          "looking-glass"
        ],
        [
          "looking glass",
          "looking glass"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "skuggsjá"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "spegill"
}
{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "lang_code": "fo",
      "word": "spegil"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "lang_code": "is",
      "word": "spegill"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Danish",
      "lang_code": "da",
      "raw_tags": [
        "n"
      ],
      "word": "spejl"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "lang_code": "nb",
      "raw_tags": [
        "n"
      ],
      "word": "speil"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "lang_code": "nn",
      "word": "spegel"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "raw_tags": [
        "c"
      ],
      "word": "spegel"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*speḱ-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "VL.",
        "3": "LL."
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "dercat"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "gml",
        "3": "spêgel"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Low German spêgel",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "osx",
        "3": "spēgal"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Saxon spēgal",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*spēgl"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *spēgl",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Middle Low German spêgel, from Old Saxon spēgal, from Proto-West Germanic *spēgl.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "spegils",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "speglar",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "non-decl-m-a",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spegill",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spegillinn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "speglar",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "speglarnir",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spegil",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spegilinn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spegla",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "speglana",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spegli",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "speglinum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "speglum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "speglunum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spegils",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spegilsins",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spegla",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "speglanna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "nouns",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": ""
      },
      "expansion": "spegill m",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "spegils",
        "3": "speglar"
      },
      "expansion": "spegill m (genitive spegils, plural speglar)",
      "name": "non-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "spegil",
        "3": "spegl",
        "ns": "spegill"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-m-a"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "apd": "speglana",
        "api": "spegla",
        "asd": "spegilinn",
        "asi": "spegil",
        "dpd": "speglunum",
        "dpi": "speglum",
        "dsd": "speglinum",
        "dsi": "spegli",
        "g": "masculine",
        "gpd": "speglanna",
        "gpi": "spegla",
        "gsd": "spegilsins",
        "gsi": "spegils",
        "notes": "",
        "npd": "speglarnir",
        "npi": "speglar",
        "nsd": "spegillinn",
        "nsi": "spegill",
        "stem": "strong a-stem",
        "title": "spegill"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-blank-full"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "spegill",
        "2": "nsi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "spegillinn",
        "2": "nsd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "speglar",
        "2": "npi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "speglarnir",
        "2": "npd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "spegil",
        "2": "asi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "spegilinn",
        "2": "asd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "spegla",
        "2": "api"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "speglana",
        "2": "apd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "spegli",
        "2": "dsi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "speglinum",
        "2": "dsd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "speglum",
        "2": "dpi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "speglunum",
        "2": "dpd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "spegils",
        "2": "gsi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "spegilsins",
        "2": "gsd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "spegla",
        "2": "gpi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "speglanna",
        "2": "gpd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old Norse",
  "lang_code": "non",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old Norse entries with incorrect language header",
        "Old Norse lemmas",
        "Old Norse masculine a-stem nouns",
        "Old Norse masculine nouns",
        "Old Norse nouns",
        "Old Norse terms borrowed from Middle Low German",
        "Old Norse terms derived from Late Latin",
        "Old Norse terms derived from Middle Low German",
        "Old Norse terms derived from Old Saxon",
        "Old Norse terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Old Norse terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
        "Old Norse terms derived from Vulgar Latin",
        "Old Norse terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *speḱ-",
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "mirror, looking-glass / looking glass"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mirror",
          "mirror"
        ],
        [
          "looking-glass",
          "looking-glass"
        ],
        [
          "looking glass",
          "looking glass"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "skuggsjá"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "spegill"
}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Old Norse dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-12-23 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-12-02 using wiktextract (6fdc867 and 9905b1f). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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