þunnr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *þunnuz, whence also Old English þynne. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ténh₂us.

Adjective

þunnr

  1. thin
    Antonym: þykkr

Declension

Derived terms

  • þunnbygðr (“thinly inhabited”)
  • þunnbýlt (“thinly peopled with farms”)
  • þunneggjaðr (“thin-edged”)
  • þunngeðr (“weak-minded, fickle”)
  • þunnheyrðr (“keen of hearing”)
  • þunnhárr (“thin-haired”)
  • þunnleitr (“thin-faced”)
  • þunnmeginn (“weak, feeble”)
  • þunnskafinn (“thin-scraped”)
  • þunnskipaðr (“thinly manned”)
  • þunnsleginn (“thinly beaten, thinly mounted”)
  • þunnvangi (“the temple”)
  • þynna (“to make thin”)

Descendants

  • Icelandic: þunnur
  • Faroese: tunnur
  • Norwegian:
    Norwegian Bokmål: tynn
    Norwegian Nynorsk: tynn
  • Elfdalian: tunn
  • Old Swedish: þunder
  • Old Danish: thun
  • Gutnish: tunnar
  • Scanian: tynðer

References

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