spóla

See also: spola

Icelandic

Noun

spóla f (genitive singular spólu, nominative plural spólur)

  1. a videotape
    Eigum við að leigja spólu?
    Wanna rent a video?
    Synonyms: myndbandsspóla, vídeóspóla
  2. a spool (a cylinder around which thread, wire or cable is wound)
    Synonym: kefli

Verb

spóla (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative spólaði, supine spólað)

  1. (intransitive, generally of wheeled vehicles) to spin without resistance

Derived terms
  • spóla af (unspool)
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