sweven
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of sweven
First recorded before 900; Middle English; Old English swefn; akin to Old Norse sofa “to sleep,” Latin somnus, Greek hýpnos “sleep”
Example Sentences
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And ne'er was seen by poet, in a sweven, An eye like thine, a face so fair to see As that which makes the sunlight sweet to me.
From Love Letters of a Violinist and Other Poems by Mackay, Eric
Joseph saw another sweven and told to his father and brethren: Methought I saw in my sleep the sun, the moon, and eleven stars worship me.
From Bible Stories and Religious Classics by Wells, Philip P.
That with thy firebrand dauntest *when thee lest,* *when you please* That madest me this sweven* for to mette, *dream Be thou my help in this, for thou may'st best!
From The Canterbury Tales, and Other Poems by Purves, D. Laing
And eke a sweven* on a night he mette,** *dream **dreamed Of which he was so proud, and eke so fain,* *glad That he in vengeance all his hearte set.
From The Canterbury Tales, and Other Poems by Purves, D. Laing
All that heard of the sweven said it was a token of great battle.
From Le Mort d'Arthur: Volume 1 by Malory, Thomas, Sir
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