Archaic honorific noun for sleep or rest, used in classical or highly formal contexts to refer respectfully to someone's sleep. Not used in modern everyday speech.
In classical literature, a noble person's sleep is sometimes written as 御寝.
to sleep (honorific, archaic)
Archaic honorific noun for sleep. The kanji 御 is an honorific prefix and 寝 means sleep. This spelling is very rare in modern Japanese.
Alternate archaic spelling using 夜 (night). Even rarer than 御寝.
Compound of honorific prefix 御 (お) and 寝 (ぬ/る, sleep), with the reading よる possibly from an old verb form. The exact derivation is uncertain; the word is archaic and rarely used in modern Japanese.