"sweven" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈswɛvən/ Forms: swevens [plural]
Etymology: From 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”). Cognate with Dutch suf (“drowsy”), Middle High German swēb (“sleep”), Danish søvn (“sleep”), Icelandic svefn (“sleep”), Norwegian søvn (“sleep”), Swedish sömn (“sleep”), Latin somnus (“sleep, slumber, drowsiness”), Sanskrit स्वप्न (svápna), Ancient Greek ὕπνος (húpnos). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|sweven}} Middle English sweven, {{inh|en|ang|swefn|t=sleep, dream, vision}} Old English swefn (“sleep, dream, vision”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*swefn}} Proto-West Germanic *swefn, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*swefną}} Proto-Germanic *swefną, {{inh|en|ine-pro|*swépnos}} Proto-Indo-European *swépnos, {{der|en|ine-pro|*swep-|t=to sleep}} Proto-Indo-European *swep- (“to sleep”), {{cog|nl|suf||drowsy}} Dutch suf (“drowsy”), {{cog|gmh|swēb||sleep}} Middle High German swēb (“sleep”), {{cog|da|søvn||sleep}} Danish søvn (“sleep”), {{cog|is|svefn||sleep}} Icelandic svefn (“sleep”), {{cog|no|søvn||sleep}} Norwegian søvn (“sleep”), {{cog|sv|sömn||sleep}} Swedish sömn (“sleep”), {{cog|la|somnus||sleep, slumber, drowsiness}} Latin somnus (“sleep, slumber, drowsiness”), {{cog|sa|स्वप्न|tr=svápna}} Sanskrit स्वप्न (svápna), {{cog|grc|ὕπνος}} Ancient Greek ὕπνος (húpnos) Head templates: {{en-noun}} sweven (plural swevens)
  1. (archaic) A dream. Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-sweven-en-noun-u0I5Vj1Y
  2. (archaic) A vision. Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-sweven-en-noun-cc5LT38r Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 83 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 1 27 27 4 3 3 5 1 5 19 4 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 2 21 19 6 4 4 6 2 6 22 6
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: asweve, sweb

Inflected forms

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