unna

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, Dutch verb gunnen.

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)

• ynna
• øvund

un +‎ -na

• IPA^(key):
• Hyphenation: un‧na

unna

1. third-person singular conditional present indefinite of un

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈʏnːa/
• Rhymes: -ʏnːa

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

1. to love

• (love): elska

• unna sannmælis
• unna sér ekki hvíldar

• IPA^(key): /ˈun.na/
• Rhymes: -unna
• Hyphenation: ùn‧na

unna f

1. feminine singular of unno

From Old Norse undan.

unna

1. away

• unnagjort

unna

1. away from

• “unna” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

• IPA^(key): /²ʊnːɑ/
• (adverb): IPA^(key): /²uɲːɑ/ (Trøndelag dialect)

From Old Norse undan.

unna

1. away

unna

1. away from

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

• unne (e- and split infinitives).

unna (present tense unner, past tense unnte, past participle unnt, passive infinitive unnast, 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.

• misunna

• “unna” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• unlla
• unha

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈu.ɲa/

unna f (plural unnas)

1. nail, fingernail, toenail
   • 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de los músicos, cantiga 31 (facsimile):

     […] unnas fẽdudas […]

     cracked nails

• Galician: uña
• Portuguese: unha

From Proto-Germanic *unnaną.

unna

1. (ditransitive, with dative and genitive) to grant, bestow
2. (transitive, with dative) to love
   • c. 1185, Anonymous, N B465, Bryggen

     ᛘᚢᚿ ᚦᚢ ᛘᛂᚴ ᛘᛆᚿ ᛂᚴ ᚦ / ᛂᚴ ᚢᚿ ᚦᚢ ᛘᛂᚱ ᛆᚿ ᛂᚴ ᚦᛂᚱ

     Mun þú mik, man ek þik. Unn þú mér, ann ek þér.

     Think-thou of me, I think of thee. Love-thou me, I love thee.

3. (reciprocal) to love one another

• Icelandic: unna
• Faroese: unna
• Norwegian:
  • Bokmål: unne
  • Nynorsk: unna, unne
• Old Swedish: unna
  • Swedish: unna
    • → Elfdalian: unna
• Old Danish: unnæ
  • Danish: unde
• Scanian: onða

Past participle forms of vinna (“to win”).

unna

1. inflection of unninn:
   1. strong feminine accusative singular
   2. strong masculine accusative plural
   3. weak masculine oblique singular
   4. weak feminine nominative singular
   5. weak neuter singular

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

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

unna

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

• Swedish: unna

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

únna class 1a (plural bónna class 2a)

1. his/her mother

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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]

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

1. (reflexive) to allow oneself to have something (one deserves), to indulge

   Jag unnade mig en stor hamburgare efter löpturen

   I allowed myself to have a big hamburger after the run

   Unna dig det! Det tycker jag du är värd.

   Grant yourself that! I think you deserve it.

3. to allow someone to have something (one thinks) they want or would want (and deserve), to not begrudge

   Jag unnade honom en dag ledigt, för det var han värd

   I gave him (allowed him to have) a day off, because he deserved it

   Jag unnar henne framgången

   I do not begrudge her success

   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)

"Allow" in a broad sense in (sense 2), that also includes not begrudging in situations where one has no control over whether someone has or gets something.

• missunna

• unna in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• unna in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• unna in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

• nuna