svevn
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
dialectal names
- svebn (Hallingdal, Valdres)
- svømn (Nordhordland)
- svemn (Sunnhordland)
- somn (Nordnorsk)
- svøbn (Lista and Lindesnes)
- sømn
Etymology
From Old Norse svefn, from Proto-Germanic *swefnaz, from Proto-Indo-European *swépnos.
Noun
svevn m (definite singular svevnen, uncountable)
References
- “svevn” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.