spinna

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse spinna, from Proto-Germanic *spinnanan. Compare Icelandic and Swedish spinna, Norwegian spinne, Danish spinde, English spin, Dutch and German spinnen.

Verb

spinna

1. to spin

Conjugation

   Conjugation of spinna

spinna, v-44
number	singular			plural
person	first	second	third	all
Indicative	eg	tú	hann / hon tað	vit, tit, teir / tær / tey tygum
Present	spinni	spinnur	spinnur	spinna
Past	spann	spanst	spann	spunnu
Imperative		tú		tit
Present	—	spinn !	—	spinnið !
Infinitive	spinna
Pres. part.	spinnandi
Past part. a34	spunnin
Supine	spunnið

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse spinna, from Proto-Germanic *spinnanan. Compare Faroese and Swedish spinna, Norwegian spinne, Danish spinde, English spin, Dutch and German spinnen.

Verb

spinna

1. to spin

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Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse spinna, from Proto-Germanic *spinnanan. Compare Danish spinde, Norwegian spinne, Icelandic spinna, English spin, Dutch and German spinnen.

Verb

spinna (present spinner, preterite spann, supine spunnit, imperative spinn)

1. to spin; to turn around quickly
2. to spin; to make yarn
3. to purr
4. to create or extend a story from a given, fundamental seed