sweven
[ swev-uhn ]
nounArchaic.
a vision; dream.
Origin of sweven
1First recorded before 900; Middle English; Old English swefn; akin to Old Norse sofa “to sleep,” Latin somnus, Greek hýpnos “sleep”
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How to use sweven in a sentence
I dreamt in my sweven on Thursday eve, In my bed whereas I laye.
A Book of Ballads, Volume 3 | VariousAll that heard of the sweven said it was a token of great battle.
Le Morte D'Arthur, Volume I (of II) | Thomas Malory
British Dictionary definitions for sweven
sweven
/ (ˈswɛvən) /
noun
archaic a vision or dream
Origin of sweven
1Old English swefn; related to Old Norse svefn dream, sleep, Lithuanian sāpnas, Old Slavonic sunu, Latin somnus
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