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)

1. (dialectal) alternative form of svevn (“sleep”)
   • 1912, Haakon Garaasen, 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[!]"

References

• Floden, Jon (1999) “svømn”, in Me' are oL (in Norwegian Nynorsk), page 90
• Ivar Aasen (1850) “Sømn”, in Ordbog over det norske Folkesprog‎^[1] (in Danish), Oslo: Samlaget, published 2000