sweven

American  

[swev-uhn] / ˈswɛv ən /

noun

Archaic.

1. a vision; dream.

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sweven British  

/ ˈswɛvən /

noun

1. archaic a vision or dream

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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

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

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

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

Now God," quoth he, "my sweven* read aright *dream, vision.

From The Canterbury Tales, and Other Poems by Purves, D. Laing

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.