slumra

• slumret

slumra

1. inflection of slumre:
   1. simple past
   2. past participle

Derived from Middle Low German slummern or German schlummern.

slumra (present slumrar, preterite slumrade, supine slumrat, imperative slumra)

1. to doze, to snooze, to slumber
   • 1996, Drängarna [The Farmhands], “Kung över ängarna [King of [over] the Meadows]”, in Fint vettö [vettu] [Nice Y'know]‎^[1]:

     Jag lägger mig i gräset ner. Ligger still och bara ler. Slumrar till [expresses a sudden and brief action] och snarkar tyst. Drömmer om en kvinnas byst. Då ser jag nån som emot mig går, liderlig med utsläppt hår. Hon är vacker som en dag. I samma stund så vaknar jag. Svär [bit hard to make out the S] ett tag men tänker sen: Hon kommer nog till mig inatt igen. Ännu lyser solen stark i skog och mark.

     I lie down in the grass ["Jag lägger mig ner i gräset" is the usual word order. Ner (“down”) can be skipped]. [I] lie still and just grin [or smile]. [I] doze off and snore quietly. [I] dream of a woman's bosom. Then I see someone walking towards me ["Då ser jag nån som går emot mig" is the usual word order], lustful [in an unrestrained manner – old-fashioned – often used to imply "lecherous," but also more generally] with her hair let down [with out-released hair]. She is pretty as a picture ["beautiful as a day" – idiom]. At that moment [in the same moment] I wake up. [I] swear for a bit but then [I] think: She will probably come to me tonight again ["Igen inatt" is a more common word order in Swedish as well]. The sun still shines bright ["yet shines (V2 word order) the sun strong" – could be translated as "still the sun shines bright" to match, but sounds less awkward in Swedish] in woods and fields ["forest and (wild) land" – idiomatic]. [Could also be put in the present continuous. Matches the intuition in Swedish with the [I]s. See the usage notes for -r.]

• slumra till

• slummer

• dåsa

• slumra in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• slumra in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• slumra in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• slumra in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)