speni

See also: Speni

Contents

IcelandicEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Norse speni, from Proto-Germanic *spenô. More at English spean.

PronunciationEdit

• Rhymes: -ɛːnɪ

NounEdit

speni m (genitive singular spena, nominative plural spenar)

1. a teat, a tit

See alsoEdit

• geirvarta
• vörtubaugur

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Old NorseEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Germanic *spenô.

NounEdit

speni m (genitive spena)

1. a dug (of an animal)

DeclensionEdit

  Declension of speni (weak an-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	speni	speninn	spenar	spenarnir
accusative	spena	spenann	spena	spenana
dative	spena	spenanum	spenum	spenunum
genitive	spena	spenans	spena	spenanna

DescendantsEdit

• Icelandic: speni
• Norwegian Nynorsk: spene

ReferencesEdit

• speni in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press