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Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse svefn, from Proto-Germanic *swefnaz, from Proto-Indo-European *swépnos.
Pronunciation
Noun
svømn m (definite singular svømnen, uncountable)
- (dialectal) alternative form of svevn (“sleep”)
1912, Haakon Garaasen, Rogfinne, Kristiania: Norli, page 97:»Di faar sjaa=tel aa gni svømn tur syna no guter […] «- "You'll have to rub sleep out of your eyes now, boys"
References
- Floden, Jon (1999) “svømn”, in Me' are oL (in Norwegian Nynorsk), page 90
- Ivar Aasen (1850) “Sømn”, in Ordbog over det norske Folkesprog (in Danish), Oslo: Samlaget, published 2000