þunnr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *þunnuz, whence also Old English þynne. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ténh₂us.

Adjective

þunnr

1. thin

   Antonym: þykkr

Declension

Strong declension of þunnr

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	þunnr	þunn	þunnt
accusative	þunnan	þunna	þunnt
dative	þunnum	þunnri	þunnu
genitive	þunns	þunnrar	þunns
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	þunnir	þunnar	þunn
accusative	þunna	þunnar	þunn
dative	þunnum	þunnum	þunnum
genitive	þunnra	þunnra	þunnra

Weak declension of þunnr

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	þunni	þunna	þunna
accusative	þunna	þunnu	þunna
dative	þunna	þunnu	þunna
genitive	þunna	þunnu	þunna
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	þunnu	þunnu	þunnu
accusative	þunnu	þunnu	þunnu
dative	þunnum	þunnum	þunnum
genitive	þunnu	þunnu	þunnu

Declension of comparative of þunnr

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	þunnari	þunnari	þunnara
accusative	þunnara	þunnari	þunnara
dative	þunnara	þunnari	þunnara
genitive	þunnara	þunnari	þunnara
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	þunnari	þunnari	þunnari
accusative	þunnari	þunnari	þunnari
dative	þunnurum	þunnurum	þunnurum
genitive	þunnari	þunnari	þunnari

Strong declension of superlative of þunnr

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	þunnastr	þunnust	þunnast
accusative	þunnastan	þunnasta	þunnast
dative	þunnustum	þunnastri	þunnustu
genitive	þunnasts	þunnastrar	þunnasts
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	þunnastir	þunnastar	þunnust
accusative	þunnasta	þunnastar	þunnust
dative	þunnustum	þunnustum	þunnustum
genitive	þunnastra	þunnastra	þunnastra

Weak declension of superlative of þunnr

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	þunnasti	þunnasta	þunnasta
accusative	þunnasta	þunnustu	þunnasta
dative	þunnasta	þunnustu	þunnasta
genitive	þunnasta	þunnustu	þunnasta
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	þunnustu	þunnustu	þunnustu
accusative	þunnustu	þunnustu	þunnustu
dative	þunnustum	þunnustum	þunnustum
genitive	þunnustu	þunnustu	þunnustu

Derived terms

• þunnbygðr (“thinly inhabited”)
• þunnbýlt (“thinly peopled with farms”)
• þunneggjaðr (“thin-edged”)
• þunngeðr (“weak-minded, fickle”)
• þunnheyrðr (“keen of hearing”)
• þunnhárr (“thin-haired”)
• þunnleitr (“thin-faced”)
• þunnmeginn (“weak, feeble”)
• þunnskafinn (“thin-scraped”)
• þunnskipaðr (“thinly manned”)
• þunnsleginn (“thinly beaten, thinly mounted”)
• þunnvangi (“the temple”)
• þynna (“to make thin”)

Descendants

• Icelandic: þunnur
• Faroese: tunnur
• Norwegian:

  Norwegian Bokmål: tynn

  Norwegian Nynorsk: tynn

• Elfdalian: tunn
• Old Swedish: þunder
  • Swedish: tunn
• Old Danish: thun
  • Danish: tynd
• Gutnish: tunnar
• Scanian: tynðer

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “þunnr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 520; also available at the Internet Archive