svefn

Icelandic

Etymology

(deprecated template usage)

From Old Norse 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 (genitive singular svefns, no plural)

1. sleep
2. (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

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

Related terms

• sofa

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Old Norse

Etymology

(deprecated template usage)

From Proto-Germanic *swefnaz, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] 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

1. sleep

Related terms

• sofa

Descendants

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

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

References

• “svefn”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press