spýggja
Appearance
Faroese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Norse spýja (compare Icelandic spýja, Norwegian, Swedish and Danish spy), from Proto-Germanic *spīwaną, whence also Dutch spuwen, German speien, English spew, Gothic 𐍃𐍀𐌴𐌹𐍅𐌰𐌽 (speiwan). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ptyēw- (“to spit, vomit”).
Verb
[edit]spýggja (third person singular past indicative spýði, third person plural past indicative spýð, supine spýð)
- to vomit