spene

spene f (plural speni)

1. alternative form of speme

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”)

• dia (“suckle”)
• däggdjur (“mammal”)
• ko (“cow”)
• juver (“udder”)

• “spene”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “spene”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “spene”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• 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