spann

• IPA^(key): /spanː/

spann f (genitive singular spannar, plural spannir)

1. pail

• bytta

• Rhymes: -an

spann

1. First-person singular preterite of spinnen.
2. Third-person singular preterite of spinnen.

spann (strong)

1. first-person singular past indicative of spinna
2. third-person singular past indicative of spinna

From Old Norse spann

spann n (definite singular spannet, indefinite plural spann, definite plural spanna or spannene)

1. a bucket, pail
2. a churn, can (for milk)

• melkespann

• “spann” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “spann_1” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

From Old Norse spann

spann n (definite singular spannet, indefinite plural spann, definite plural spanna)

1. a bucket, pail
2. a churn, can (for milk)

• “spann” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Proto-Germanic *spannō. Cognate with Middle Dutch spanne (Dutch spanne), Old High German spanna (German Spanne), Old Norse spǫnn (Icelandic spönn).

• IPA^(key): /spɑnn/

spann f (nominative plural spanna or spanne)

1. span (of a hand; used as a measurement, typically considered about nine inches)

• English: span

spann c or n

1. bucket, pail
2. (archaic) a measure of volume, corresponding to 73.28 liter
3. a set of animals which together pull a cart or a sledge
4. span; the distance between two supporting pillars of a bridge or the wing span of a bird or airplane
5. (archaic) a measure of distance, corresponding to 148.4505 mm

Definition 1:

Definitions 1 and 2:

Definitions 3, 4 and 5:

• brospann
• hundspann
• fyrspann
• vingspann

spann

1. past tense of spinna