Re[2]: [tied] Re: Slavic endings

From: Brian M. Scott
Message: 46081
Date: 2006-09-15

At 9:36:27 PM on Thursday, September 14, 2006, Sean Whalen
wrote:

> --- Piotr Gasiorowski <gpiotr@...> wrote:

[...]

>> *swép-no- (OInd. svápna-) > *swéfna- (GL1)

> There is no example of *swépnos in Germanic. ON svefja and
> svefn (a neuter noun) [...]

ON <svefn> is a strong masculine; perhaps you're thinking of
OE <swefn>, which is neuter.

Brian