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spinna

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Bavarian

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Etymology

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From Old High German spinnan, from Proto-West Germanic *spinnan. Compare German spinnen, Low German spinnen, Dutch spinnen, English spin, Danish spinde, Swedish spinna, Gothic 𐍃𐍀𐌹𐌽𐌽𐌰𐌽 (spinnan).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈʃb̥inɐ/
  • Hyphenation: spin‧na

Verb

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spinna (past participle gspunna)

  1. to act or talk strangely, foolishly
  2. to be crazy, to freak out
  3. to malfunction (of a machine)

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Faroese

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Etymology

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From Old Norse spinna, from Proto-Germanic *spinnaną. Cognate with Icelandic spinna, Swedish spinna, Norwegian Bokmål spinne, Norwegian Nynorsk spinna, spinne, Danish spinde, English spin, Dutch spinnen, German spinnen, German Low German spinnen.

Verb

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spinna (third person singular past indicative spann, third person plural past indicative spunnu, supine spunnið)

  1. To spin.

Conjugation

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Conjugation of spinna (group v-44)
infinitive spinna
supine spunnið
participle (a34)1 spinnandi spunnin
present past
first singular spinni spann
second singular spinnur spanst
third singular spinnur spann
plural spinna spunnu
imperative
singular spinn!
plural spinnið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse spinna, from Proto-Germanic *spinnaną. Cognate with Faroese spinna, Swedish spinna, Norwegian Bokmål spinne, Norwegian Nynorsk spinna, spinne, Danish spinde, English spin, Dutch spinnen, German spinnen, German Low German spinnen.

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Verb

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spinna (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative spann, third-person plural past indicative spunnu, supine spunnið)

  1. To spin. [with accusative]

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Old Norse

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *spinnaną.

Verb

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spinna (singular past indicative spann, plural past indicative spunnu, past participle spunninn)

  1. To spin.

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Descendants

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  • Icelandic: spinna
  • Faroese: spinna
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: spinna, spinne
  • Norwegian Bokmål: spinne
  • Old Swedish: spinna
  • Danish: spinde

References

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  • spinna”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Old Swedish

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Etymology

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From Old Norse spinna, from Proto-Germanic *spinnaną.

Verb

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spinna

  1. To spin.

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Swedish

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Etymology

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From Old Swedish spinna, from Old Norse spinna, from Proto-Germanic *spinnaną. Cognate with Faroese spinna, Icelandic spinna, Norwegian Bokmål spinne, Norwegian Nynorsk spinna, spinne, Danish spinde, English spin, Dutch spinnen, German spinnen, German Low German spinnen. Compare Finnish kehrätä.

Verb

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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 (of a cat)
    Synonym: kurra
  4. To create or extend a story from a given, fundamental seed.
    spinna vidare på en historia
    extend a story

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