tunna

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʰʊnːa/

tunna f (genitive singular tunnu, plural tunnur)

1. ton
2. (archaic, cubic measure) 8 skeppur

   Synonym: krambúðarmál

3. (nautical) crow's nest

From Middle Irish tunna (“cask”). Compare Icelandic tunna (“barrel”).

tunna m (genitive singular tunna, nominative plural tunnaí)

1. tun

• "tunna" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• “tunna” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
• Entries containing “tunna” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

tunna f sg

1. definite singular of tunne

• tunne (e infinitive)

tunna (present tense tunnar, past tense tunna, past participle tunna, passive infinitive tunnast, present participle tunnande, imperative tunn/tunna)

1. to swing (around something), rotate
2. to fuss, fidget

• “tunna” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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tunna

1. absolute singular definite and plural form of tunn.

tunna

1. to make or become thin or sparse, to disperse, to fade (used with prepositions av, ur, ut).

   Månen föll och stjärnorna tunnade av.

   The moon fell and the stars dispersed.

   åtminstone hade hans ansikte spår av en gammal våldsam solbränna, som för länge sedan hade tunnats ut till gult

   at least his face bore traces of an old grim tan, which long ago had faded to yellow

From Old Swedish tunna, from Old Norse tunna. Cognate with Old Saxon tunna, Old English tunne, Medieval Latin tunna, tonna.

tunna c

1. a barrel (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop)
2. a barrel, an historic measure of dry volume, four-bushel measure

• tunna in Svenska Akademiens ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)
• tunna in Svenska Akademiens ordbok online.