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svefn
svefn
Icelandic
Alternative forms
- (obsolete) svöfn
Noun
svefn m (genitive singular svefns, no plural)
Declension
declension of svefn
| m-s1 | singular | |
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| indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | svefn | svefninn |
| accusative | svefn | svefninn |
| dative | svefni | svefninum |
| genitive | svefns | svefnsins |
Antonyms
- (sleep): vaka, vakning
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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.
Noun
svefn m
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References
- svefn in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press