dåna
See also: Appendix:Variations of "dana"
Norwegian Nynorsk
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Old Norse dáinn, from deyja (“to die”). Cognate with Swedish dåna.
Verb
editdåna (present tense dånar, past tense dåna, past participle dåna, passive infinitive dånast, present participle dånande, imperative dåna/dån)
- to faint, to swoon
- 1920, Knud Liestøl, Moltke Moe, Solfager og Ormekongjen [the Norwegian version of "Solomon and Marcolf/Kitovras"]:
- So gav han [Ormekongjen] henne dei dvaledrykkjin’ tri
Solfager ho dåna då ho fekk di.- So he [the Snake King] gave her the three sleeping drink [potions]
Solfager fainted when she got them
- So he [the Snake King] gave her the three sleeping drink [potions]
Synonyms
editDerived terms
edit- dån tu (Trøndelag dialect, apocope)
References
edit- “dåna” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish
editEtymology 1
editVerb
editdåna (present dånar, preterite dånade, supine dånat, imperative dåna)
Etymology 2
editFrom Old Norse dáinn, from deyja (“to die”). Cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk dåna.
Verb
editdåna (present dånar, preterite dånade, supine dånat, imperative dåna)
Conjugation
editConjugation of dåna (weak)
Active | Passive | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Infinitive | dåna | — | ||
Supine | dånat | — | ||
Imperative | dåna | — | ||
Imper. plural1 | dånen | — | ||
Present | Past | Present | Past | |
Indicative | dånar | dånade | — | — |
Ind. plural1 | dåna | dånade | — | — |
Subjunctive2 | dåne | dånade | — | — |
Participles | ||||
Present participle | dånande | |||
Past participle | — | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. |