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swev⋅en
[swev-uh
n] 
–noun Archaic.
| a vision; dream. |
Origin:
bef. 900; ME; OE swefn; akin to ON sofa to sleep, L somnus, Gk hýpnos sleep
bef. 900; ME; OE swefn; akin to ON sofa to sleep, L somnus, Gk hýpnos sleep
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Sweven
Swe"ven\, n. [AS. swefen sleep, dream; akin to swebban, swefian, to put to sleep, to kill. [root]176. See Somnolent.] A vision seen in sleep; a dream. [Obs.] --Wycliff (Acts ii. 17). I defy both sweven and dream. --Chaucer.
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