svefn
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse (deprecated template usage) svefn, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *swefnaz, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *swepno-, an extension of *swep- (“sleep”).
Alternative forms
- (obsolete) svöfn
Pronunciation
- (deprecated use of
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- (deprecated use of
Noun
svefn m
Declension
Antonyms
Derived terms
- djúpsvefn
- vetrarsvefn
- smásvefn
- svefnbekkur
- svefnfriður
- svefnró
- svefnherbergi
- svefnklefi
- svefnlaus
- svefnvana
- svefnleysi
- svefnleysislegur
- svefnléttur
- svefnugur
- svefnþungur
- svefnlyf
- svefnmeðal
- svefnpilla
- svefntafla
- svefnmók
- svefnrof
- svefnpoka
- svefnpurka
- svefnsófi
- svefnsýki
- 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)
- sofna svefninum langa/ sofna hinsta svefni (to die, deyja)
- tala upp úr svefni (to sleep talk, að tala sofandi)
Related terms
Old Norse
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *swefnaz, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *swepnos, an extension of *swep- (“sleep”). Cognate with Old Saxon (deprecated template usage) sweƀan, Old English (deprecated template usage) swefn (English (deprecated template usage) sweven); the Indo-European root also led to Ancient Greek (deprecated template usage) ὕπνος (húpnos), Latin (deprecated template usage) somnus, Old Irish (deprecated template usage) suan, Old Church Slavonic (deprecated template usage) съпати (sŭpati) (Russian (deprecated template usage) спать (spatʹ)), Latvian (deprecated template usage) sapnis.
Noun
svefn m
Related terms
Descendants
- Icelandic terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Icelandic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Icelandic 1-syllable words
- Icelandic terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Icelandic/ɛpn
- Icelandic lemmas
- Icelandic nouns
- Icelandic masculine nouns
- Icelandic terms with archaic senses
- Old Norse terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Old Norse terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Old Norse lemmas
- Old Norse nouns
- Old Norse masculine nouns