spann

From Old Norse spann.

• IPA^(key): /spanː/

spann f (genitive singular spannar, plural spannir)

1. bucket, pail

• bytta

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -an

spann

1. first/third-person singular preterite of spinnen

spann (strong)

1. first-person singular past indicative of spinna
2. third-person singular past indicative of spinna

From Old Norse spann.

spann n (definite singular spannet, indefinite plural spann, definite plural spanna or spannene)

1. bucket, pail
2. churn, can (for milk)
3. A span or team (of horses, oxen, dogs)

• hundespann
• melkespann
• mjølkespann

• “spann” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “spann_1” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

From Old Norse spann.

spann n (definite singular spannet, indefinite plural spann, definite plural spanna)

1. bucket, pail
2. churn, can (for milk)
3. A span or team (of horses, oxen, dogs)

• hundespann
• mjølkespann

• “spann” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Proto-Germanic *spannō, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pend-. Cognate with Middle Dutch spanne (Dutch spanne), Old High German spanna (German Spanne), Old Norse spǫnn (Icelandic spönn).

• IPA^(key): /spɑnn/, [spɑn]

spann f (nominative plural spanna or spanne)

1. span (of a hand; used as a measurement, typically considered about nine inches)

Strong ō-stem:

• English: span

• James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Spann”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC.

spann

1. first/third-person singular past active indicative of spinna

From Old Swedish spander, from Old Norse spann, likely from the same ultimate source as English span.

spann c or n

2. a (larger) bucket, a pail

   Synonym: (bucket) hink

3. (archaic) a measure of volume, corresponding to 73.28 liters
4. a set of animals which together pull a cart or a sled (or sledge), a team
5. span (the distance between two supporting pillars of a bridge or the wingspan of a bird or airplane)
6. (archaic) a measure of distance, corresponding to 148.4505 mm

Has a more old-fashioned or rustic or practical tone compared to hink in (sense 1), similar to pail.

Definition 1 (archaic):

Definitions 1 and 2:

Definitions 3, 4 and 5:

• brospann
• hundspann
• fyrspann
• mjölkspann
• spannmål
• vingspann

• hink
• stäva

spann

1. past of spinna

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