sobna

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse sofna.

Verb

sobna

(dialectal) alternative form of sovne (“to fall asleep”)
- 1023, Tu, Torvald, 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, Sivle, Per, 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

Ivar Aasen (1850), “sovna”, in Ordbog over det norske Folkesprog, Oslo: Samlaget, published 2000

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