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)
- (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[!]"
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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