spegla

Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈspeikla/
  • Rhymes: -eikla

Etymology 1

From the noun spegill (mirror).

Verb

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

  1. (transitive, with accusative) to reflect, to mirror (to present an identical, albeit reversed, image)
  2. (reflexive, with accusative) to look at oneself in a mirror
Conjugation

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

spegla

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

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

Derived terms

References

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