sweven

[ swev-uhn ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, Archaic.

sweven

/ ˈswɛvən /

Origin of sweven¹

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

Origin of sweven¹

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

I dreamt in my sweven on Thursday eve, In my bed whereas I laye.

All that heard of the sweven said it was a token of great battle.

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