speta

Westrobothnian

Etymology

Compare Old Norse spita f (“a small piece of wood; a wooden stick”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [speːtɐ] (example of pronunciation)

Verb

speta (preterite speta, supine speta)

  1. (active verb) to impale; to thrust a stake or rod through something
    Häst´n speta säg på störom då’n skull flöj över hagan
    The horse impaled itself on the stake when it tried to jump over the fence.

References
  • Rietz, Johan Ernst, “speta”, in Svenskt dialektlexikon: ordbok öfver svenska allmogespråket [Swedish dialectal lexicon: a dictionary for the Swedish lects] (in Swedish), 1962 edition, Lund: C. W. K. Gleerups Förlag, published 1862–1867, page 655
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