svefn

Icelandic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Norse svefn, from Proto-Germanic *swefnaz, from Proto-Indo-European *swepno-, an extension of *swep- (“sleep”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /svɛpn/
    Rhymes: -ɛpn

Noun

svefn m (genitive singular svefns, no plural)

  1. sleep
  2. (archaic) a dream

Declension
declension of svefn
m-s1 singular
indefinite definite
nominative svefn svefninn
accusative svefn svefninn
dative svefni svefninum
genitive svefns svefnsins

Antonyms
  • (sleep): vaka, vakning

Derived terms
Derived terms
  • djúpsvefn
  • falla í svefn (to fall asleep- sofna)
  • í fasta svefni (to be sound asleep, að steinsofa)
  • leggjast til svefns (to go to bed, fara í háttinn)
  • smásvefn
  • sofna svefninum langa/ sofna hinsta svefni (to die, deyja)
  • svefnbekkur
  • svefnfriður
  • svefnmeðal
  • svefnmók
  • svefnpilla
  • svefnpoka
  • svefnpurka
  • svefnró
  • svefnrof
  • svefnsófi
  • svefnsýki
  • svefntafla
  • svefnugur
  • svefnvana
  • svefnþungur
  • tala upp úr svefni (to sleep talk, að tala sofandi)
  • vetrarsvefn

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *swefnaz, from Proto-Indo-European *swepnos, an extension of *swep- (“sleep”). Cognate with Old Saxon sweƀan, Old English swefn, English sweven. The Indo-European root also led to Ancient Greek ὕπνος (húpnos), Latin somnus, Old Irish suan, Old Church Slavonic съпати (sŭpati), Russian спать (spatʹ), Latvian sapnis.

Noun

svefn m

  1. sleep

Descendants

References
  • svefn in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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