Swedish edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Old Swedish spiærna, from Proto-Germanic *spurnaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sperH-.

Verb edit

spjärna (present spjärnar, preterite spjärnade, supine spjärnat, imperative spjärna)

  1. (usually with a particle like emot or mot) to push back, to resist (literally or figuratively)
    Han spjärnade emot med fötterna
    He pushed back with his feet

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