speja

See also: spēja, spējā, and спея

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish speia, from Middle Low German spējen, from Old Saxon *spehōn, from Proto-West Germanic *spehōn, from Proto-Germanic *spehōną. Cognate of Danish speide, German spähen. Doublet of spå. See also origin for spion.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /spɛja/
• Rhymes: -ɛja

Verb

speja (present spejar, preterite spejade, supine spejat, imperative speja)

1. spy, scout

Conjugation

Conjugation of speja (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	speja		spejas
Supine	spejat		spejats
Imperative	speja		—
Imper. plural1	spejen		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	spejar	spejade	spejas	spejades
Ind. plural1	speja	spejade	spejas	spejades
Subjunctive2	speje	spejade	spejes	spejades
	Participles
Present participle	spejande
Past participle	—
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Synonyms

• spana

Derived terms

• spejare

References

• speja in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• speja in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• speja in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)