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þennan

þennan

Old English

Verb

þennan

  1. to stretch, to spread out, to draw (a bow)
    Ðænne ðone swiðran earm swa he swiþast mæge‎
    Let him stretch out his right arm as hard as he can.

Conjugation

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Etymology

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

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

Indo-European cognates: Greek τείνω ‎(teíno), Latin tendere, Welsh tant ‎(“string of a musical instrument”), Breton ardant, Russian тенето ‎(teneto), Lithuanian tìnti.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈθennan/

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