unna

See also: una, Unna, and uṇṇa

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse unna, from Proto-Germanic *unnaną. Cognate with Icelandic unna, Danish unde, Norwegian unne, related to Danish yndig, ynde, gunst, Swedish verb gynna, German gönnen.

Verb

unna (third person singular past indicative unti, third person plural past indicative untu, supine unt)
unna (third person singular past indicative unnaði, third person plural past indicative unnaðu, supine unnað)

  1. to grant, allow (someone else a benefit, without begrudging this)

Conjugation

  • ynna
  • øvund

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse unna, from Proto-Germanic *unnaną.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʏnːa/
  • Rhymes: -ʏnːa

Verb

unna (preterite-present verb, third-person singular present indicative ann, third-person singular past indicative unni, supine unnað)

  1. to love syn.

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • unna sannmælis
  • unna sér ekki hvíldar

Italian

Adjective

unna f

  1. feminine singular of unno

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse undan.

Adverb

unna

  1. away

Derived terms

Preposition

unna

  1. away from

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²ʉnːɑ/

Etymology 1

From Old Norse undan.

Adverb

unna

  1. away

Preposition

unna

  1. away from

Etymology 2

From Old Norse unna. Akin to German gönnen, English own (“own up, concede”) (from Old English unnan (“grant, bestow”))

Alternative forms

Verb

unna (present tense unner, past tense unnte, past participle unnt, present participle unnande, imperative unn)

  1. to think someone deserves something, to be happy for someone because of their happiness
    Eg unner dei denne sigeren.
    I think they deserve this victory./I am happy they won this.

References

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *unnaną.

Verb

unna

  1. (ditransitive, with dative and genitive) to grant, bestow
  2. (transitive, with dative) to love
  3. (reciprocal) to love one another

Conjugation

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  • unna in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Old Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *ungla, from Latin ungula, from unguis, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃negʰ-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈu.ɲa/

Noun

unna f

  1. nail, fingernail, toenail

Descendants

Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse unna, from Proto-Germanic *unnaną.

Verb

unna

  1. to grant, to bestow
  2. to wish for
  3. to like, to love

Conjugation

Descendants

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish unna, from Old Norse unna, from Proto-Germanic *unnaną. Cognate with Icelandic unna, Danish unde, Norwegian unne, related Danish adjective yndig, Swedish verb gynna, German gönnen.[1]

Verb

unna (present unnar, preterite unnade, supine unnat, imperative unna)

  1. to grant, allow (someone else a benefit, without begrudging this)
    I Osnabrück sysselsatte han sig, när tillfälle unnades honom, med ritning
    In Osnabrück he occupied himself, when opportunity was granted him, with drawing
    Kort sagt: jag unnar honom sina funder
    Und kurz und gut, ich gönn Ihm das Vergnügen, (Goethe's Faust: Wald und Höhle)
    Well, to be brief, the joy as fit occasions rise, I grudge you not (Goethe's Faust: Forest and Cavern)

Conjugation

References

  1. ↑ unna in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
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