svefn
Icelandic
Alternative forms
- (obsolete) svöfn
Etymology
From Old Norse svefn, from Proto-Germanic *swefnaz, from Proto-Indo-European *swepno-, an extension of *swep- (“sleep”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /svɛpn/
- Rhymes: -ɛpn
Declension
declension of svefn
m-s1 | singular | |
---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | |
nominative | svefn | svefninn |
accusative | svefn | svefninn |
dative | svefni | svefninum |
genitive | svefns | svefnsins |
Antonyms
- (sleep): vaka, vakning
Derived terms
Derived terms
- djúpsvefn
- falla í svefn (to fall asleep- sofna)
- í fasta svefni (to be sound asleep, að steinsofa)
- leggjast til svefns (to go to bed, fara í háttinn)
- smásvefn
- sofna svefninum langa/ sofna hinsta svefni (to die, deyja)
- svefnbekkur
- svefnfriður
- svefnherbergi
- svefnklefi
- svefnlaus
- svefnléttur
- svefnleysi
- svefnleysislegur
- svefnlyf
- svefnmeðal
- svefnmók
- svefnpilla
- svefnpoka
- svefnpurka
- svefnró
- svefnrof
- svefnsófi
- svefnsýki
- svefntafla
- svefnugur
- svefnvana
- svefnþungur
- tala upp úr svefni (to sleep talk, að tala sofandi)
- vetrarsvefn
Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *swefnaz, from Proto-Indo-European *swepnos, 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.
Related terms
Descendants
References
- svefn in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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