Speja
Old Norse Dictionary - speja
Meaning of Old Norse word "speja"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- speja
- or spæja, að, [Germ. spähen; Dan. speide], to spy: hafa spæjat (spejat v. l.) ok rannsakat, Stj. 145; hann leyndisk ok vildi speja um húsfreyju, Grett. 200.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᛒᛁᛁᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- Dan.
- Danish.
- Germ.
- German.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- v.
- vide.
- v. l.
- varia lectio.
Works & Authors cited:
- Grett.
- Grettis Saga. (D. II.)
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)