dåna
See also: Appendix:Variations of "dana"
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Norse dáinn, from deyja (“to die”). Cognate with Swedish dåna.
Verb
dåna (present tense dånar, past tense dåna, past participle dåna, passive infinitive dånast, present participle dånande, imperative dåna/dån)
- to faint, to swoon
- 1920, Knud Liestøl, Moltke Moe, Solfager og Ormekongjen [the Norwegian version of "Solomon and Marcolf/Kitovras"]:
- So gav han [Ormekongjen] henne dei dvaledrykkjin’ tri
Solfager ho dåna då ho fekk di.- So he [the Snake King] gave her the three sleeping drink [potions]
Solfager fainted when she got them
- So he [the Snake King] gave her the three sleeping drink [potions]
Synonyms
Derived terms
- dån tu (Trøndelag dialect, apocope)
References
Swedish
Etymology 1
Verb
dåna (present dånar, preterite dånade, supine dånat, imperative dåna)
Conjugation
| active | passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | dåna | — | ||
| supine | dånat | — | ||
| imperative | dåna | — | ||
| imper. plural1 | dånen | — | ||
| present | past | present | past | |
| indicative | dånar | dånade | — | — |
| ind. plural1 | dåna | dånade | — | — |
| subjunctive2 | dåne | dånade | — | — |
| present participle | dånande | |||
| past participle | — | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.
See also
Etymology 2
From Old Norse dáinn, from deyja (“to die”). Cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk dåna.
Verb
dåna (present dånar, preterite dånade, supine dånat, imperative dåna)
- (somewhat dated) to swoon (faint (due to strong emotions, especially of a woman))
Conjugation
| active | passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | dåna | — | ||
| supine | dånat | — | ||
| imperative | dåna | — | ||
| imper. plural1 | dånen | — | ||
| present | past | present | past | |
| indicative | dånar | dånade | — | — |
| ind. plural1 | dåna | dånade | — | — |
| subjunctive2 | dåne | dånade | — | — |
| present participle | dånande | |||
| past participle | — | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.
References
- dåna in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- dåna in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- dåna in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- dåna in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)