spene

spene

1. alternative form of spanne

• spånnå (dialectal)

Inherited from Old Norse speni.

spene m (definite singular spenen, indefinite plural spenar, definite plural spenane)

1. a teat (on a female mammal)

From Old Norse speni.

spene c

1. a teat (on a female mammal)

• gomspene (“uvula”)

• ko (“cow”)
• juver (“udder”)

• spene in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• spene in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• spene in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• Svensk MeSH

From Old French espine, from Latin spīna, from Proto-Italic *speinā, from Proto-Indo-European *spey- (“sharp point”).

• IPA^(key): /spɛn/

spene f

1. thorn; spine