sweven

[ swev-uhn ]

nounArchaic.

a vision; dream.

Origin of sweven

First 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 | 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

Origin of sweven

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

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