spyrja

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Faroese

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Etymology

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From Old Norse spyrja, from Proto-Germanic *spurjaną.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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spyrja (third person singular past indicative spurdi, third person plural past indicative spurdu, supine spurt)

  1. to ask
    Hví spyrt tú meg?
    Why do you ask me?

Conjugation

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Conjugation of spyrja (group v-23)
infinitive spyrja
supine spurt
participle (a7)1 spyrjandi spurdur
present past
first singular spyrji spurdi
second singular spyrt spurdi
third singular spyr spurdi
plural spyrja spurdu
imperative
singular spyr!
plural spyrið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

Antonyms

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See also

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Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse spyrja, from Proto-Germanic *spurjaną. Cognate with Old English spyrian, German spüren, Danish spørge.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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spyrja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative spurði, supine spurt)

  1. to ask

Conjugation

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This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From Old Norse spyrja, from Proto-Germanic *spurjaną.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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spyrja (present tense spør or spỳr, past tense spurde, past participle spurt)

  1. (pre-1938) alternative form of spørja (to ask)

References

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  • “spyrja” in Ivar Aasen (1873) Norsk Ordbog med dansk Forklaring

Old Norse

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *spurjaną.

Verb

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spyrja

  1. to trace steps or footprints
  2. to investigate, to find out
  3. to ask
  4. to hear, be informed of

Conjugation

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Synonyms

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Descendants

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References

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