svøbn

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

svøbn m (definite singular svøbnen, uncountable)

  1. (dialectal) alternative form of svevn (“sleep”)
    • 1930, Bergstøl, Tore, Atterljom: Folkeminne fraa smaadalane kring Lindesnes, volume II, Oslo: Norsk folkeminnelag, page 45:
      eg saag tydelig naa i svøbnen at Ola […] ligge der
      I saw clearly now, in [my] sleep that Ola lies there

References
  • Vere, Njål (1995), “svøbn”, in Listamålet, volume III, page 201
  • Ivar Aasen (1850), “Svøbn”, in Ordbog over det norske Folkesprog, Oslo: Samlaget, published 2000
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