sweven
[ swev-uh n ]
/ ˈswɛv ən /
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noun Archaic.
a vision; dream.
Origin of sweven
before 900; Middle English; Old English swefn; akin to Old Norse sofa to sleep, Latin somnus, Greek hýpnos sleep
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Examples from the Web for sweven
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
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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