sweem
sweem · sweems
A swoon, fainting; a state of giddiness or faintnessA swoon, fainting; a state of giddiness or faintness.
Meaning
1 senses(UK, dialectal)A swoon, fainting; a state of giddiness or faintness.
Origin
From Middle English swemen, from Old English *swǣman, from Proto-West Germanic *swaimijan,From Middle English swemen, from Old English *swǣman, from Proto-West Germanic *swaimijan, from Proto-Germanic *swaimijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sweh₁- (“to move, sway”). Cognate with Scots sweem, soom (“to spin at high speed; float”), Icelandic sveima (“to float, hover; wander, roam”).
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