spörja

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Swedish

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Etymology

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From Old Swedish spyria, from Old Norse spyrja, from Proto-Germanic *spurjaną. Cognate with Norwegian Bokmål spørre, Norwegian Nynorsk spørje, spørja, Danish spørge, Icelandic spyrja, Faroese spyrja, Dutch speuren, German spüren, Luxembourgish spieren, English speer, speir, spere and Scots speir.

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spörja (present spörjer, preterite sporde, supine sport, imperative spörj)

  1. (dated, poetic) to ask
    Skall ni verkligen bli läkare? sporde hon en dag
    Are you really becoming a doctor? she asked one day
    • 1929, Evert Taube, "Balladen om briggen "Blue Bird" av Hull"
      - Hur var namnet på skutan?
      Han sporde och slog
      nio supar i spetsiga glas.
      - Briggen Blue bird.
      Det tionde glaset han tog,
      och han slog det mot golvet i kras.
      - What was the name of the ship?
      He asked and poured
      nine drinks in pointy glasses.
      "The brig Blue Bird."
      The tenth glass he took,
      and he threw it into the floor.
  2. (dated, poetic) to learn, to get news (after having asked around, through rumors, or the like)
    han hade sport att påvens munskänk var död
    he had learned that the pope's cupbearer was dead

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