febber
Westrobothnian
Etymology
From Middle Low German feber, from Latin febris.
Pronunciation
- (Burträsk, Skellefteå, Bygdeå, Lövånger) IPA(key): /ˈfebːe̞r/[1]
Noun
febber m (definite febbern, dative febbrom)
- Fever.[1][2]
- Ji hav febbern i faggom ― I think I have a fever coming on.
- leigg i febbrom ― to have a fever (bedridden)
Derived terms
- närvfebber
References
- Lindgren, J. V., 1940, “feber”, in Orbok över Burträskmålet, page 40
- Rietz, Johan Ernst, “febbern”, in Svenskt dialektlexikon: ordbok öfver svenska allmogespråket [Swedish dialectal lexicon: a dictionary for the Swedish lects] (in Swedish), 1962 edition, Lund: C. W. K. Gleerups Förlag, published 1862–1867, page 123