dåna
See also: Appendix:Variations of "dana"
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse dáinn, from deyja (“to die”). Cognate with Swedish dåna.
Verb edit
dåna (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 edit
Derived terms edit
- dån tu (Trøndelag dialect, apocope)
References edit
- “dåna” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish edit
Etymology 1 edit
Verb edit
dåna (present dånar, preterite dånade, supine dånat, imperative dåna)
Etymology 2 edit
From Old Norse dáinn, from deyja (“to die”). Cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk dåna.
Verb edit
dåna (present dånar, preterite dånade, supine dånat, imperative dåna)
Conjugation edit
Conjugation 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. |