*swefaną

Runic: ᛊᚹᛖᚠᚨᚾᚨ Pronunciation: /ˈswe.ɸɑ.nɑ̃/

verb · Strong class 5

Meanings

to sleep

From Proto-Indo-European *swep- (‘to sleep’). Originally either a zero-grade present, or possibly an aorist-present.

Person	Indicative	Subjunctive	Imperative
1st singular	swefō	swefaų	–
2nd singular	swifizi	swefaiz	swef
3rd singular	swifidi	swefai	swefadau
1st dual	swefōz	swefaiw	–
2nd dual	swefadiz	swefaidiz	swefadiz
1st plural	swefamaz	swefaim	–
2nd plural	swifid	swefaid	swifid
3rd plural	swefandi	swefain	swefandau

Infinitive	Present Participle	Past Participle
swefaną	swefandz	swebanaz

*swefan (Proto-West Germanic)
- swefan (Old English)
  - āswefan (Old English)
    - asweved (Middle English)
sofa (Old Norse)
- såvå (Elfdalian)
- sova (Faroese)
- syve (Gutnish)
- sofa (Icelandic)
- sovo (Jamtish)
- sova, sove (Norwegian Nynorsk)
sofa (Old Norse)
- souæ (Old Danish)
  - søva (Scanian)
sofa (Old Norse)
- souæ (Old Danish)
  - sove (Danish)
    - sove (Norwegian Bokmål)
sofa (Old Norse)
- somna, sofna (Old Norse)
  - sovne (Danish)
  - sovna (Faroese)
  - sofna (Icelandic)
  - sovne (Norwegian Bokmål)
  - sobna, somna, somne, sovna, sovne (Norwegian Nynorsk)
sofa (Old Norse)
- somna, sofna (Old Norse)
  - somna, sofna (Old Swedish)
    - somna (Swedish)
sofa (Old Norse)
- sova (Old Swedish)
  - sova (Swedish)