dåna
Appearance
See also: Appendix:Variations of "dana"
Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Norse dáinn, from deyja (“to die”). Cognate with Swedish dåna.
Verb
[edit]dåna (present tense dånar, past tense dåna, past participle dåna, passive infinitive dånast, present participle dånande, imperative dåna/dån)
- to faint, to swoon
- 1920, Knud Liestøl, Moltke Moe, Solfager og Ormekongjen [the Norwegian version of "Solomon and Marcolf/Kitovras"]:
- So gav han [Ormekongjen] henne dei dvaledrykkjin’ tri
Solfager ho dåna då ho fekk di.- So he [the Snake King] gave her the three sleeping drink [potions]
Solfager fainted when she got them
- So he [the Snake King] gave her the three sleeping drink [potions]
Synonyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]- dån tu (Trøndelag dialect, apocope)
References
[edit]- “dåna” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Verb
[edit]dåna (present dånar, preterite dånade, supine dånat, imperative dåna)
Etymology 2
[edit]From Old Norse dáinn, from deyja (“to die”). Cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk dåna.
Verb
[edit]dåna (present dånar, preterite dånade, supine dånat, imperative dåna)
Conjugation
[edit]active | passive | |||
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infinitive | dåna | — | ||
supine | dånat | — | ||
imperative | dåna | — | ||
imper. plural1 | dånen | — | ||
present | past | present | past | |
indicative | dånar | dånade | — | — |
ind. plural1 | dåna | dånade | — | — |
subjunctive2 | dåne | dånade | — | — |
present participle | dånande | |||
past participle | — |
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.