spon
Czech edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
spon f
Dutch edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle Dutch spont, from Italian spunta, from Latin expunctum.
Noun edit
spon f (plural sponnen, diminutive sponnetje n)
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
spon
Middle English edit
Noun edit
spon
- Alternative form of spone
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse spánn, spónn, from Proto-Germanic *spēnuz. Akin to English spoon.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
spon m (definite singular sponen, indefinite plural sponar, definite plural sponane)
Inflection edit
Historical inflection of spon
Forms in italics are currently considered non-standard. Forms in [brackets] were official, but considered second-tier. Forms in (parentheses) were allowed under Midlandsnormalen. |
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
References edit
- “spon” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Anagrams edit
Old English edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-West Germanic *spānu, from Proto-Germanic *spēnuz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)peh₂-.
Noun edit
spōn m or f
Declension edit
(when masculine)
Declension of spon (strong a-stem)
(when feminine)
Declension of spon (strong ō-stem)
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
References edit
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “spōn”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.