svefninn langi

Icelandic

Noun

svefninn langi ("the long sleep")

  1. (euphemistic) death; eternal sleep; eternal rest
    Hún var orðin þreytt á þessum veikindum og er nú sjálfsagt fegin að fá svefninn langa. ― She had grown weary of her illness; death's arrival will have been a relief for her.
    Það verður nægur tími fyrir svefn í svefninum langa. ― I'll have plenty of time to sleep when I'm dead.
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