Noun: swefn
Gender: n
Nominative
| Singular | swefn |
| Plural | swefnu |
Genitive
| Singular | swefnes |
| Plural | swefna |
Dative
| Singular | swefne |
| Plural | swefnum |
Accusative
| Singular | swefn |
| Plural | swefnu |
Sample Sentences
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Iċ ġefylde mīn swefn. (I fulfilled my dream.)
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Iċ nǣfre ne ġeman mīnra swefna. (I never remember my dreams.)
Nouns inflected like swefn
bereærn,
ymbren,
meregrot,
wæscern,
gangern,
efenwerod,
wintersetl,
unswefn,
efnwerod,
hellegod,
cynesetl,
earsþerl,
þiccett,
æfdæl,
eorþern,
eorðærn,
handbred,
deorf,
eafoþ,
eolet, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
1. From Proto-West Germanic *swefn, from Proto-Germanic *swefnaz (“sleep, dream”), from Proto-Indo-European *swépnos.
2. Cognate with Old Saxon sweƀan, Old Norse svefn. The Indo-European root also led to Ancient Greek ὕπνος (húpnos), Latin somnus, Old Irish suan, Old Church Slavonic сънъ (sŭnŭ), Lithuanian sãpnas. See: Old Norse Nouns '
svefn', Ancient Greek Nouns '
ὕπνος', Latin Nouns '
somnus'.
Verbs referencing "swefn"
Old Norse Nouns
svefn, English Nouns
sweven, Middle English Nouns
sweven.
Translations