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Swedish
Etymology
Compound of höns (“chicken; fowl”) + sömn (“sleep”). From the practice of chickens who take short, light sleeps.[1] First attested in 1730.[2]
Compare with Danish hønseblund, hønsesøvn and Norwegian høneblund.
Noun
hönssömn c
- (obsolete by 1932) a short light sleep; a nap
1960 February 4, Expressen, page 12:Den har fått hönssömnen från regeringen på ny remiss.- It's been given a superficial review by the government and sent back for further consideration.
Declension
See also
- tupplur (“nap”, literally “rooster nap”)
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