sweven

swev·en

[swev-uhn]
noun Archaic.

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

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sweven (ˈswɛvən) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
archaic a vision or dream
 
[Old English swefn; related to Old Norse svefn dream, sleep, Lithuanian sāpnas, Old Slavonic sunu, Latin somnus]

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