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spegla

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Icelandic

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From the noun spegill (mirror).

Verb

spegla (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative speglaði, supine speglað)

  1. to reflect, to mirror (to present an identical, albeit reversed, image) [with accusative]
  2. (reflexive) to look at oneself in a mirror [with accusative]
Conjugation
More information infinitive nafnháttur, supine sagnbót ...
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
More information infinitive nafnháttur, supine sagnbót ...
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
More information strong declension (sterk beyging), singular (eintala) ...

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

spegla

  1. inflection of spegill:
    1. indefinite accusative plural
    2. indefinite genitive plural
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Old Norse

Noun

spegla

  1. accusative/genitive plural indefinite of spegill

Swedish

Etymology

spegel (mirror) + -a

Verb

spegla (present speglar, preterite speglade, supine speglat, imperative spegla)

  1. to reflect
  2. to mirror (literally or figuratively)

Conjugation

More information active, passive ...

1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Derived terms

References

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