"swefn" meaning in Proto-West Germanic

See swefn in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Etymology: From Proto-Germanic *swefnaz. Etymology templates: {{inh|gmw-pro|gem-pro|*swefnaz}} Proto-Germanic *swefnaz Head templates: {{head|gmw-pro|noun|g=m}} *swefn m Inflection templates: {{gmw-infl-noun-a|g=m}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], swefn [nominative, singular], swefnōs [nominative, plural], swefn [accusative, singular], swefnā [accusative, plural], swefnas [genitive, singular], swefnō [genitive, plural], swefnē [dative, singular], swefnum [dative, plural], swefnu [instrumental, singular], swefnum [instrumental, plural]
  1. (North Sea Germanic) sleep, dream Tags: masculine, reconstruction
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      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *swefnaz",
      "name": "inh"
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        "plural"
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      "form": "swefn",
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        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "swefnā",
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      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
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      "form": "swefnas",
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  "lang": "Proto-West Germanic",
  "lang_code": "gmw-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/swefn",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "Pages with entries",
        "Proto-North Sea Germanic",
        "Proto-West Germanic entries with incorrect language header",
        "Proto-West Germanic lemmas",
        "Proto-West Germanic masculine a-stem nouns",
        "Proto-West Germanic masculine nouns",
        "Proto-West Germanic nouns",
        "Proto-West Germanic terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
        "Proto-West Germanic terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
        "gmw-pro:Dreams",
        "gmw-pro:Sleep"
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}

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