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Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
svøbn m (definite singular svøbnen, uncountable)
- (dialectal) alternative form of svevn (“sleep”)
1930, Tore Bergstøl, Atterljom: Folkeminne fraa smaadalane kring Lindesnes, volume II, Oslo: Norsk folkeminnelag, page 45:eg saag tydelig naa i svøbnen at Ola […] ligge der- I saw clearly now, in sleep that Ola lies there
References
- Vere, Njål (1995) “svøbn”, in Listamålet (in Norwegian Nynorsk), volume III, page 201
- Ivar Aasen (1850) “Svøbn”, in Ordbog over det norske Folkesprog (in Danish), Oslo: Samlaget, published 2000