svefn
Icelandic
Alternative forms
- (obsolete) svöfn
Etymology
From Old Norse svefn, from Proto-Germanic *swefnaz, from Proto-Indo-European *swépnos, an extension of *swep- (“sleep”).
Pronunciation
Noun
svefn m (genitive singular svefns, no plural)
Declension
declension of svefn
Derived terms
in phrases
- falla í svefn (“to fall asleep”) (uncommon)
- í fasta svefni (“to be sound asleep”)
- leggjast til svefns (“to go to bed”)
- sofna svefninum langa/sofna hinsta svefni (“to die”)
- svefninn langi (“death”)
- tala upp úr svefni (“to sleep talk”)
in compound words
- djúpsvefn
- smásvefn
- svefnbekkur
- svefnfriður
- svefnherbergi n (“bedroom”)
- svefnklefi
- svefnlaus
- svefnleysislegur
- svefnleysi n (“insomnia”)
- svefnléttur
- svefnlyf
- svefnmeðal
- svefnmók
- svefnpilla
- svefnpoka
- svefnpurka f (“sleepyhead, lie-a-bed, sluggard”)
- svefnrof
- svefnró
- svefnsófi
- svefnsýki
- svefntafla
- svefnugur
- svefnvana
- svefnþungur
- vetrarsvefn
Related terms
Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *swefnaz, from Proto-Indo-European *swépnos, 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
Declension
Declension of svefn (strong a-stem)
Related terms
Descendants
- Icelandic: svefn, svöfn
- Faroese: svøvnur
- Norwegian Nynorsk: svebn, svemn, svevn, svøbn, svømn, sømn, søvn
- Elfdalian: swemmen
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- Old Swedish: syfn, sømn
- Swedish: sömn
- Old Danish: syfn, søfn
- Gutnish: svivn, syvn, svämn, svömn
References
- “svefn”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Categories:
- Icelandic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Icelandic terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *swep-
- Icelandic terms inherited from Old Norse
- Icelandic terms derived from Old Norse
- Icelandic terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Icelandic terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Icelandic terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Icelandic 1-syllable words
- Icelandic terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Icelandic/ɛpn
- Rhymes:Icelandic/ɛpn/1 syllable
- Icelandic lemmas
- Icelandic nouns
- Icelandic masculine nouns
- Icelandic uncountable nouns
- Icelandic terms with archaic senses
- Old Norse terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Old Norse terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *swep-
- Old Norse terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Old Norse terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Old Norse terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Old Norse lemmas
- Old Norse nouns
- Old Norse masculine nouns
- Old Norse masculine a-stem nouns