svømn

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse svefn, from Proto-Germanic *swefnaz, from Proto-Indo-European *swépnos.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /sʋœmn/

Noun

svømn m (definite singular svømnen, uncountable)

  1. (dialectal) alternative form of svevn (“sleep”)
    • 1912, Garaasen, Haakon, Rogfinne, Kristiania: Norli, page 97:
      »Di faar sjaa=tel aa gni svømn tur syna no guter […] «
      "You'll have to rub [the] sleep out of your eyes now, boys[!]"

References
  • Floden, Jon (1999), “svømn”, in Me' are oL, page 90
  • Ivar Aasen (1850), “Sømn”, in Ordbog over det norske Folkesprog, Oslo: Samlaget, published 2000
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