svemn

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sʋɛmn/

Noun

svemn m (definite singular svemnen, uncountable)

1. alternative form of svevn (“sleep”)
   • 1973, Knut Horvei, Aud, Oslo: Noregs boklag, page 49:

     Det vart ikkje meir svemn den natti.

     There wasn't more sleep that night.

References

• Ivar Aasen (1850) “Sømn”, in Ordbog over det norske Folkesprog‎^[1] (in Danish), Oslo: Samlaget, published 2000