þenja

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse þenja, from Proto-Germanic *þanjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *tenw- (“pull”).

Germanic cognates: Old Saxon þennian, Old High German dennen (German dehnen), Old Franconian thinsan, Old Norse þenja (Norwegian tenja).

Indo-European cognates: Greek τείνω, Latin tendere (French tendre), Celtic *tntā- (Welsh tant ‘string of a musical instrument’, Breton ardant), Slavic *teneto (Russian тенето), Baltic *tin- (Lithuanian tìnti).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈθɛnja/

  Rhymes: -ɛnja

Verb

þenja weak verb (third person singular past indicative þandi, supine þanið)

1. to stretch, to spread out, to draw (a bow)