spyrja

== Faroese == === Etymology === From Old Norse spyrja, from Proto-Germanic *spurjaną. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈspɪɹja/ Rhymes: -ɪɹja === Verb === spyrja (third person singular past indicative spurdi, third person plural past indicative spurdu, supine spurt) to ask ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Antonyms ==== svara === See also === tosa práta fortelja == Icelandic == === Alternative forms === spurja (pronunciation spelling, proscribed) === Etymology === From Old Norse spyrja, from Proto-Germanic *spurjaną. Cognate with Old English spyrian, German spüren, Danish spørge. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈspɪrja] Rhymes: -ɪrja IPA(key): [ˈspʏrja] Rhymes: -ʏrja === Verb === spyrja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative spurði, supine spurt) to ask ==== Usage notes ==== It is very common to pronounce spyrja as if written spurja, and this spelling is also common, though proscribed. The imperative form spurðu is also particularly common alongside spyrðu. Compare keyptu (of kaupa). ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Related terms ==== spurn === References === Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989), “spyrja”, in Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.) Kristín Bjarnadóttir, editor (2002–2026), “spyrja”, in Beygingarlýsing íslensks nútímamáls [The Database of Modern Icelandic Inflection] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies Mörður Árnason (2019), Íslensk orðabók, 5th edition, Reykjavík: Forlagið “spyrja” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages) === Further reading === Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989), “spyrja”, in Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.) == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology === From Old Norse spyrja, from Proto-Germanic *spurjaną. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /²spʏrjɑ/ === Verb === spyrja (present tense spør or spỳr, past tense spurde, past participle spurt) (pre-1938) alternative form of spørja (“to ask”) === References === “spyrja” in Ivar Aasen (1873) Norsk Ordbog med dansk Forklaring == Old Norse == === Etymology === From Proto-Germanic *spurjaną. === Verb === spyrja to trace steps or footprints to investigate, to find out to ask to hear, be informed of ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Synonyms ==== fregna ==== Descendants ==== Icelandic: spyrja Faroese: spyrja Norwegian Nynorsk: spyrja, spørja; (dialectal) spurja, spær, spår Old Swedish: spyria Swedish: spörja Old Danish: spyriæ, spørghe, spøriæ Danish: spørge Norwegian Bokmål: spørre (partly from dialectal spørja) === Further reading === Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “spyrja”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive