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spinde

Pronunciation: /spenə/

“spinde” is a Danish word. Its 5 meanings in English:

verb

  1. to spin (to make yarn)
  2. to spin (spider, caterpillars etc.)
  3. to purr (of a cat, to make a vibrating sound in its throat)
  4. to spin (to turn around quickly)
  5. fishing with a spinner

Etymology

From Old Norse spinna, from Proto-Germanic *spinnaną. Compare Swedish and Icelandic spinna, Norwegian Bokmål spinne, English spin, Dutch and German spinnen.

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