Spá
Old Norse Dictionary - spá
Meaning of Old Norse word "spá"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word spá can mean:spá
- spá
- f. a spae (Scot.), prophecy; spá mér slíkar spár, Nj. 182; sjaldan hafa spár mínar átt langan aldr, Grett. 116 A; sínar spár, Al. 65; spáin Finnanna, Fs. 25; leggja hug á spár, 19; segja spár, Edda, passim.
- spá
- 2. as names of poems, Völu-spá, Merlinus-spá.
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:
- f.
- feminine.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- Scot.
- Scottish.
Works & Authors cited:
- Al.
- Alexanders Saga. (G. I.)
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Fs.
- Forn-sögur. (D. II.)
- Grett.
- Grettis Saga. (D. II.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)