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 |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /svɛpn/

  (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Rhymes: -ɛpn

Noun

svefn m

1. sleep
2. (deprecated template usage) (archaic) a dream

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

• 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

• sofa

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Old Norse

Etymology

From 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

1. sleep

Related terms

• sofa

Descendants

• Danish: søvn c
• Faroese: svøvnur m
• Icelandic: svefn m, svöfn m

• Norwegian (nynorsk): svevn m
• Swedish: sömn c