sweven

[ swev-uhn ]

/ ˈswɛv ən /

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noun Archaic.

a vision; dream.

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Origin of sweven

before 900; Middle English; Old English swefn; akin to Old Norse sofa to sleep, Latin somnus,Greek hýpnos sleep

Words nearby sweven

swept, sweptback, swept volume, sweptwing, swerve, sweven, Sweyn, SWFF, S.W.G., swidden, swift

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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|Various
All 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

Word Origin for sweven

Old English swefn; related to Old Norse svefn dream, sleep, Lithuanian sāpnas, Old Slavonic sunu, Latin somnus

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