"sweb" meaning in English

See sweb in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: swebs [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English swebben (“to sleep, swoon”), from Old English swebban (“to put to sleep, lull, kill”), from From Proto-West Germanic *swabbjan, from Proto-Germanic *swabjaną, *swēbijaną (“to lull, put to sleep”), from Proto-Indo-European *swep-, *sup- (“to sleep”). Cognate with Icelandic svefja (“to put to sleep, lull, soothe”), Latin sōpiō (“put to sleep, lull”, verb). Related to sweven. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*swep-}}, {{inh|en|enm|swebben|t=to sleep, swoon}} Middle English swebben (“to sleep, swoon”), {{inh|en|ang|swebban|t=to put to sleep, lull, kill}} Old English swebban (“to put to sleep, lull, kill”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*swabbjan}} Proto-West Germanic *swabbjan, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*swabjaną}} Proto-Germanic *swabjaną, {{der|en|ine-pro|*swep-}} Proto-Indo-European *swep-, {{cog|is|svefja||to put to sleep, lull, soothe}} Icelandic svefja (“to put to sleep, lull, soothe”), {{cog|la|sōpiō||put to sleep, lull|pos=verb}} Latin sōpiō (“put to sleep, lull”, verb) Head templates: {{en-noun}} sweb (plural swebs)
  1. (UK dialectal, Northern England) A swoon. Tags: Northern-England, UK, dialectal Derived forms: swebby Related terms: sweven
    Sense id: en-sweb-en-noun-Ro0S8A-~ Categories (other): British English, Northern England English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 47 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 53 47 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 53 47
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: swab

Verb

Forms: swebs [present, singular, third-person], swebbing [participle, present], swebbed [participle, past], swebbed [past]
Etymology: From Middle English swebben (“to sleep, swoon”), from Old English swebban (“to put to sleep, lull, kill”), from From Proto-West Germanic *swabbjan, from Proto-Germanic *swabjaną, *swēbijaną (“to lull, put to sleep”), from Proto-Indo-European *swep-, *sup- (“to sleep”). Cognate with Icelandic svefja (“to put to sleep, lull, soothe”), Latin sōpiō (“put to sleep, lull”, verb). Related to sweven. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*swep-}}, {{inh|en|enm|swebben|t=to sleep, swoon}} Middle English swebben (“to sleep, swoon”), {{inh|en|ang|swebban|t=to put to sleep, lull, kill}} Old English swebban (“to put to sleep, lull, kill”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*swabbjan}} Proto-West Germanic *swabbjan, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*swabjaną}} Proto-Germanic *swabjaną, {{der|en|ine-pro|*swep-}} Proto-Indo-European *swep-, {{cog|is|svefja||to put to sleep, lull, soothe}} Icelandic svefja (“to put to sleep, lull, soothe”), {{cog|la|sōpiō||put to sleep, lull|pos=verb}} Latin sōpiō (“put to sleep, lull”, verb) Head templates: {{en-verb}} sweb (third-person singular simple present swebs, present participle swebbing, simple past and past participle swebbed)
  1. (intransitive, UK dialectal, Northern England) To swoon; faint. Tags: Northern-England, UK, dialectal, intransitive
    Sense id: en-sweb-en-verb-56D2qI~Z Categories (other): British English, Northern England English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 47 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 53 47 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 53 47
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: swab

Inflected forms

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