sobna

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse sofna.

Verb

sobna

1. (dialectal) alternative form of sovne (“to fall asleep”)
   • 1923, Torvald Tu, Tu-laattar, Kristiania: Norli, page 43:

     »Du va' gjedna sobna au? Og eg saa kjeme aa uroa deg.«

     "Maybe you even were fallen asleep? And I'm comming here, making a fuzz."

   • 1887, Per Sivle, Vossa-stubba, Kristiania: I kommisjon hjaa Alb. Cammermeyer, page 19:

     Jau, Brita-Joans'n ha sakta dotte ni Kjerrakammen, han, aa sobna, Beiste!

     Yeah, Brita-Joans'n had slowly sunk into the frame of the carriage. And fallen asleep. The beast!

References

• “sovna” in Ivar Aasen (1873) Norsk Ordbog med dansk Forklaring