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sweven
swev·en
/
ˈswɛv
ən
/
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swev
-
uh
n
]
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noun
Archaic.
a
vision
;
dream
.
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
(ˈswɛv
ə
n)
—
n
archaic
a vision or dream
[Old English
swefn;
related to Old Norse
svefn
dream, sleep, Lithuanian
sāpnas,
Old Slavonic
sunu,
Latin
somnus
]
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
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