sweven
sweven · swevens
A dreamA dream.
/ˈswɛvən/
Meaning
2 senses(archaic)A dream.
(archaic)A vision.
The Golden Legend And then she said: Sir, hast thou seen the sweven that I have seen?
Origin
From Middle English sweven, from Old English swefn (“sleep, dream, vision”), from Proto-WeFrom Middle English sweven, from Old English swefn (“sleep, dream, vision”), from Proto-West Germanic *swefn, from Proto-Germanic *swefną, *swefnaz (“sleep”), from Proto-Indo-European *swépnos, *supnós (“dream”), from Proto-Indo-European *swep- (“to sleep”).
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