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gunn

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Manx

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle Irish gunna, from Middle English gunne.

Noun

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gunn m (genitive singular gunney or gunn, plural gunnyn or gunnaghyn)

  1. gun

Derived terms

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Mutation

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Manx mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
gunn ghunn ngunn
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From Old Norse gunnr, guðr, from Proto-Germanic *gunþiz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰéntis (act of killing, blow), from *gʷʰen- (to strike, kill).

Noun

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gunn f

  1. battle (only used in given names)
    Synonyms: strid, ufred
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