spá

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Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse spá (to foretell, prophesy), from Proto-Germanic *spahōną, *spēhōną (to observe), from Proto-Indo-European *speḱ- (to look). Cognate to Scots spae.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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spá f (genitive singular spár, nominative plural spár)

  1. a prophecy
  2. (medicine) a prognosis (a forecast of the future course of a disease or disorder, based on medical knowledge)
  3. a weather forecast

Declension

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    Declension of spá
f-s1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative spá spáin spár spárnar
accusative spá spána spár spárnar
dative spá spánni spám spánum
genitive spár spárinnar spáa spánna

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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Verb

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spá (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative spáði, supine spáð)

  1. (transitive, with dative object) to forecast, to predict

Conjugation

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This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

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Old Norse

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Alternative forms

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Etymology 1

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From late Proto-Norse ᛋᛒᛡ (sbᴀ), earlier *ᛊᛈᚨᚺᚢ (*spahu), from Proto-Germanic *spahō.

Noun

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spá f (genitive spár)

  1. a prophecy
    Synonym: spádómr
    sjaldan hafa spár mínar átt langan aldr
    my prophecies rarely take a long time to come true
Declension
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Derived terms
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Descendants
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  • Icelandic: spá

Etymology 2

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From Proto-Germanic *spahōną, *spehōną.

Verb

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spá (singular past indicative spáði, plural past indicative spáðu, past participle spáðr)

  1. (ditransitive, with dative and accusative (or genitive)) to prophesy, to foretell (something to someone)
Conjugation
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References

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  • spá in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.