svæfa

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse svæfa, from Proto-Germanic *swēbjaną.

Pronunciation

Verb

svæfa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative svæfði, supine svæft)

  1. to lull to sleep, to make sleepy
  2. (medicine) to anesthetize

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