speni

See also: Speni

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse speni, from Proto-Germanic *spenô. More at English spean.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈspɛːnɪ/
• Rhymes: -ɛːnɪ

Noun

speni m (genitive singular spena, nominative plural spenar)

1. teat, tit

Declension

Declension of speni (masculine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	speni	speninn	spenar	spenarnir
accusative	spena	spenann	spena	spenana
dative	spena	spenanum	spenum	spenunum
genitive	spena	spenans	spena	spenanna

See also

• geirvarta
• vörtubaugur

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *spenô.

Noun

speni m (genitive spena)

1. a dug (of an animal)

Declension

  Declension of speni (weak an-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	speni	speninn	spenar	spenarnir
accusative	spena	spenann	spena	spenana
dative	spena	spenanum	spenum	spenunum
genitive	spena	spenans	spena	spenanna

Descendants

• Icelandic: speni
• Faroese: spini (“teat; penis”)
• Norwegian Bokmål: spene
• Norwegian Nynorsk: spene
• Swedish: spene, späne
• Danish: spene

References

• “speni”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press