savne.
to miss (to feel the absence of someone or something)
Meaning & usage
to miss (to feel the absence of someone or something)
to want (to lack or to require something)
Where this word comes from
From Old Danish saghnæ (“miss”), saknæ, saunæ, from Old Norse sakna. The v comes from a consistent change of gh after vowels like a and o. Compare haghi → have. Cognate with Norwegian Bokmål savne (from Danish), Norwegian Nynorsk sakne, Swedish sakna, derived with the suffix -na from the verb saka (“to harm, blame”).
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