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stinn

“stinn” is a Swedish word. Its 2 meanings in English:

adjective

  1. distended from being filled with something
  2. stuffed, crammed, replete

Etymology

From Old Swedish stinder. Cognate of Old Norse stinnr, Danish stind, Middle Low German stīde, Middle Dutch stīde, Old Frisian stīth, Old English stīþ, English stith (“strong; stiff; rigid”). Further origin beyond Germanic languages disputed. Arguably related to stone or Ancient Greek στενός (stenós, “narrow; tight”).

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