Þunnr
Old Norse Dictionary - þunnr
Meaning of Old Norse word "þunnr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word þunnr can mean:þunnr
- þunnr
- adj., poët. form, þuðr, þuðrar, þuðri; compar. þynnri, superl. þynnstr, but also þunnari, -astr; [A. S. þyn; Engl. thin; Germ. dänn; Dan. tynd; Swed. tunn; the root word is þenja; cp. Lat. tenuis, Gr. τυννός]:—thin; þunnrar blæju, Eb. (in a verse); þú hefir haus þunnan en ek hefi öxi þunga, Eb. 294; þunn öx, or thin-edged axe, FmS. vi. 30; skel-þunnr, egg-þunnr, þunnar fylkingar, Ó. H. 204; þunnt hár, FmS. vii. 239: also of fluids, the air, and the like, þunnara lopt, Stj. 17; þunnt veðr ok hreint svá at hvergi sá ský á himni, BS. i. 172; var þá góðr þerri-dagr ok veðr kyrrt ok þunnt svá at hvergi sá ský á himni, Eb. 94 new Ed., Fb. 14 new Ed.: of a liquor, þunn súpa, þunnr grautr: metaph. in the phrase, þegja þunnu hljóði, thin, i. e. dead, silence, Hm. 7.
- þunnr
- B. COMPDS: þunnbygðr, þunnbýlt, þunneggjaðr, þunngeðr, þunngörr, þunnhárr, þunnheyrðr, þunnkarr, þunnleitr, þunnmeginn, þunnskafinn, þunnskeggr, þunnskipaðr, þunnsleginn, þunnvangi, þunnvaxinn.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚦᚢᚾᚾᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- adj.
- adjective.
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- compar.
- comparative.
- cp.
- compare.
- Dan.
- Danish.
- Engl.
- English.
- Germ.
- German.
- gl.
- glossary.
- Gr.
- Greek.
- i. e.
- id est.
- l.
- line.
- Lat.
- Latin.
- m.
- masculine.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
- n.
- neuter.
- poët.
- poetically.
- S.
- Saga.
- superl.
- superlative.
- Swed.
- Swedish.
Works & Authors cited:
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Eb.
- Eyrbyggja Saga. (D. II.)
- Fb.
- Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Hm.
- Hává-mál. (A. I.)
- Ó. H.
- Ólafs Saga Helga. (E. I.)
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)