spenne
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse spenna, also from sperna for sense 3.
Verb edit
spenne (imperative spenn, present tense spenner, passive spennes, simple past spente, past participle spent, present participle spennende)
- to stretch, tense, tighten, strain
- to draw (a bow (archery)), cock (a firearm)
- to kick (e.g. a horse)
- spenne av (seg): to take off, unfasten
- spenne for: to hitch up (horses)
- spenne fra: to unhitch (horses)
- spenne i: to buckle, exert oneself
- spenne inn: to tighten up
- spenne om: to embrace, encompass, span
- spenne opp: to unbuckle
- spenne over: to extend, stretch over
- spenne på (seg): to buckle on, fasten
- spenne ut: to let out, unloosen
- spenne seg ut: to stretch out, unfold
Derived terms edit
- spenn (noun)
- spennende (adjective)
- spenning
- verdensomspennende
References edit
- “spenne” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “spenne_1” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse spenna, also from sperna for sense 3 and Verb 2.
Verb edit
spenne (present tense spenner, past tense spende or spente, past participle spent, passive infinitive spennast, present participle spennande, imperative spenn)
- to stretch, tense, tighten, strain
- to draw (a bow (archery)), cock (a firearm)
- to kick (e.g. a horse)
- spenne av (seg): to take off, unfasten
- spenne for: to hitch up (horses)
- spenne fra: to unhitch (horses)
- spenne i: to buckle, exert oneself
- spenne inn: to tighten up
- spenne om: to embrace, encompass, span
- spenne opp: to unbuckle
- spenne over: to extend, stretch over
- spenne på (seg): to buckle on, fasten
- spenne ut: to let out, unloosen
- spenne seg ut: to stretch out, unfold
Derived terms edit
Verb edit
spenne (present tense spenner, past tense spann, past participle sponne, passive infinitive spennast, present participle spennande, imperative spenn)
- to move, stir, show sign of life
References edit
- “spenne” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.