sobna
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
Verb edit
sobna
- (dialectal) alternative form of sovne (“to fall asleep”)
- 1923, Torvald Tu, Tu-laattar, Kristiania: Norli, page 43:
- »Du va' gjedna sobna au? Og eg saa kjeme aa uroa deg.«
- "Maybe you even were fallen asleep? And I'm comming here, making a fuzz."
- 1887, Per Sivle, Vossa-stubba, Kristiania: I kommisjon hjaa Alb. Cammermeyer, page 19:
- Jau, Brita-Joans'n ha sakta dotte ni Kjerrakammen, han, aa sobna, Beiste!
- Yeah, Brita-Joans'n had slowly sunk into the frame of the carriage. And fallen asleep. The beast!
References edit
- “sovna” in Ivar Aasen (1873) Norsk Ordbog med dansk Forklaring