svefn

Icelandic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Norse svefn, from Proto-Germanic *swefnaz, from Proto-Indo-European *swépnos, an extension of *swep- (sleep).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /svɛpn/
    Rhymes: -ɛpn

Noun

svefn m (genitive singular svefns, no plural)

  1. sleep
    Antonyms: vaka, vakning
  2. (archaic) a dream

Declension

Derived terms

in phrases
in compound words
  • djúpsvefn
  • smásvefn
  • svefnbekkur
  • svefnfriður
  • svefnherbergi n (bedroom)
  • svefnklefi
  • svefnlaus
  • svefnleysislegur
  • svefnleysi n (insomnia)
  • svefnléttur
  • svefnlyf
  • svefnmeðal
  • svefnmók
  • svefnpilla
  • svefnpoka
  • svefnpurka f (sleepyhead, lie-a-bed, sluggard)
  • svefnrof
  • svefnró
  • svefnsófi
  • svefnsýki
  • svefntafla
  • svefnugur
  • svefnvana
  • svefnþungur
  • vetrarsvefn

Old Norse

Alternative forms

  • sömn (Trønder dialect of Old Norwegian)

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *swefnaz, from Proto-Indo-European *swépnos, an extension of *swep- (sleep). Cognate with Old Saxon sweƀan, Old English swefn, English sweven. The Indo-European root also led to Ancient Greek ὕπνος (húpnos), Latin somnus, Old Irish suan, Old Church Slavonic съпати (sŭpati), Russian спать (spatʹ), Latvian sapnis.

Noun

svefn m

  1. sleep

Declension

Descendants

References

  • svefn”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • M. Hægstad (1899) Gamalt trøndermaal : upplysningar um maalet i Trøndelag fyrr 1350 og ei utgreiding um vokalverket, page 1</ref>
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