febber

Westrobothnian

Etymology

From Middle Low German feber, from Latin febris.

Pronunciation

Noun

febber m (definite febbern, dative febbrom)

  1. Fever.[1][2]
    Ji hav febbern i faggom ― I think I have a fever coming on.
    leigg i febbrom ― to have a fever (bedridden)

Derived terms
  • närvfebber

References
  1. Lindgren, J. V., 1940, “feber”, in Orbok över Burträskmålet, page 40
  2. Rietz, Johan Ernst, “febbern”, in Svenskt dialektlexikon: ordbok öfver svenska allmogespråket [Swedish dialectal lexicon: a dictionary for the Swedish lects] (in Swedish), 1962 edition, Lund: C. W. K. Gleerups Förlag, published 1862–1867, page 123
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