Spýja
Old Norse Dictionary - spýja
Meaning of Old Norse word "spýja"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- spýja
- pres. spý; pret. spjó, spjótt (spjóst), spjó, pl. spjó; subj. spýi; part. spúinn: the mod. form is a weak spúa, spúði, spúð: [Ulf. speiwan; common to the Teut. and Lat.]:—to spew, spit up, vomit; hón spjó blóði, Bs. i. 323; hón hafði mikla sátt ok spjó jafnan, 189; spýja upp, to cast up, Sks. 629 B; s. e-u ór sér, id., Al. 44; sumir spjó (plur.) þar inni í stofunni, Eg. 206; lýkr hundi þeim er spýr, Hom. 159.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᛒᚢᛁᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
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Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- id.
- idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
- l.
- line.
- Lat.
- Latin.
- m.
- masculine.
- mod.
- modern.
- part.
- participle.
- pl.
- plural.
- plur.
- plural.
- pres.
- present.
- pret.
- preterite.
- subj.
- subjunctive.
- Teut.
- Teutonic.
- Ulf.
- Ulfilas.
Works & Authors cited:
- Al.
- Alexanders Saga. (G. I.)
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Eg.
- Egils Saga. (D. II.)
- Hom.
- Homiliu-bók. (F. II.)
- Sks.
- Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)