svima av

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

  • svime av (e-infinitive)
  • svime tå, svim tå, svima tå (dialectal)

Etymology

From svima. Compare Danish and Norwegian Bokmål besvime, and Swedish svimma (av), Faroese svíma (“faint”), Dutch zwijmen.

Verb

svima av (present tense svimar av, past tense svima av, past participle svima av)

  1. to faint

Synonyms

  • svimla
  • svimling
  • svimmel

References

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