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Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse sofna.
Verb
sobna
- (dialectal) alternative form of sovne (“to fall asleep”)
1923, Torvald Tu, Tu-laattar, Kristiania: Norli, page 43:»Du va' gjedna sobna au? Og eg saa kjeme aa uroa deg.«- "Maybe you even were fallen asleep? And I'm comming here, making a fuzz."
1887, Per Sivle, Vossa-stubba, Kristiania: I kommisjon hjaa Alb. Cammermeyer, page 19:Jau, Brita-Joans'n ha sakta dotte ni Kjerrakammen, han, aa sobna, Beiste!- Yeah, Brita-Joans'n had slowly sunk into the frame of the carriage. And fallen asleep. The beast!
References
- “sovna” in Ivar Aasen (1873) Norsk Ordbog med dansk Forklaring