þennan

== Icelandic == === Pronoun === þennan accusative masculine singular of þessi == Old English == === Alternative forms === þænnan, þenian === Etymology === From Proto-Germanic *þanjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *ten- (“to stretch”). Germanic cognates include Old Saxon þennian, Old High German dennen (German dehnen), Old Norse þenja (Norwegian tenja). Indo-European cognates are Sanskrit तनोति (tanóti), Greek τείνω (teíno), Latin tendō (all three meaning “to stretch; extend”), Latin teneō (“to hold; grasp”), Welsh tant (“string of a musical instrument”), Breton ardant (“[nautical] toggle”), Russian тенёто (tenjóto, “net trap for rabbits etc.”), and Lithuanian ti̇̀nti (“to swell; bloat”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈθen.nɑn/ === Verb === þennan to stretch; stretch out; spread out; extend (of a bow) to bend; draw to prostrate; overthrow to exert oneself; make an effort; strain ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== āþenian/āþennan beþennan ġeþennan