Spyrja

Viking Language Dictionary - spyrja

Meaning of Old Norse / Old Icelandic word "spyrja"

spyrja
vb (3) to ask; hear, hear of, learn, be informed of, find out; spyrja til [f somebody or something,’ genetive)">e-s] have news of [sb], learn of [sb]; spyrja [e-n] at [e-u] ask [sb] about [sth]; spyrjask mid

Possible runic inscriptions in Younger Futhark:

  • - Long branch (Danish):ᛋᛒᚢᚱᛁᛅ
  • - Short twig (Swedish & Norwegian):ᛌᛒᚢᚱᛁᛆ

Abbreviations used:

e-n
einhvern, eitthvat ‘somebody, something’ accusative
e-s
einhvers ‘of somebody or something,’ genetive)
e-u
einhverjum, einhverju ‘for somebody, something,’ dative
f
feminine
inf
infinitive
mid
middle voice
n
neuter
sb
somebody
sth
something
vb
verb
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