spjut

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

spjut n (definite singular spjutet, indefinite plural spjut, definite plural spjuta or spjutene)

1. form removed with the spelling reform of 1981; superseded by spyd

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• spjot
• spyd (< Bokmål/Danish)
• spjøt (dialectal, Nordland, Trøndelag dialect)

Etymology

From Old Norse spjót, from Proto-Germanic *speutą. Probably influenced by Old Swedish spiūt and Old Danish spiūt.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /spjʉːt/

Noun

spjut n (definite singular spjutet, indefinite plural spjut, definite plural spjuta)

1. (weaponry) a spear
2. (athletics) a javelin
3. (food) a skewer

Derived terms

• spjutkast

References

• “spjut” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
• “spjut” in Ivar Aasen (1873) Norsk Ordbog med dansk Forklaring
• “spjot” in Ivar Aasen (1873) Norsk Ordbog med dansk Forklaring
• “spjut”, in Norsk Ordbok: ordbok over det norske folkemålet og det nynorske skriftmålet, Oslo: Samlaget, 1950-2016

Swedish

ett spjut

Etymology

From Old Swedish spiūt, from Proto-Germanic *speutą. Compare Old Icelandic spjót.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈspjʉːt/, [ˈs̪pjʉ̟ːt̪]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ʉːt

Noun

spjut n

1. a spear, a javelin (long stick with a sharp tip)

   Hon kastade ett spjut mot oss

   She threw a spear at us

2. (athletics) javelin throw

   Synonym: spjutkastning

   tävla i spjut

   compete in javelin throw

Declension

Declension of spjut

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	spjut	spjuts
	definite	spjutet	spjutets
plural	indefinite	spjut	spjuts
	definite	spjuten	spjutens

Derived terms

• kastspjut
• spjutfisk
• spjutformad
• spjutformig
• spjutkast
• spjutkastare
• spjutkastning
• spjutskaft
• spjutspets
• spjutstång
• spjutstöt
• spjutudd
• spjutyxa

References

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