speni

See also: Speni

Icelandic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈspɛːnɪ/
• Rhymes: -ɛːnɪ

Noun

speni m (genitive singular spena, nominative plural spenar)

1. teat, tit

See also

• geirvarta
• vörtubaugur

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *spenô.

Noun

speni m (genitive spena)

1. a dug (of an animal)

Declension

  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

Descendants

• Icelandic: speni
• Faroese: spini (“teat; penis”)
• Norwegian Bokmål: spene
• Norwegian Nynorsk: spene
• Swedish: spene, späne
• Danish: spene

References

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