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sweven

[ swev-uhn ]

noun

, Archaic.
  1. a vision; dream.

sweven

/ ˈswɛvən /

noun

  1. archaic.
    a vision or dream
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of sweven1

First recorded before 900; Middle English; Old English swefn; akin to Old Norse sofa “to sleep,” Latin somnus, Greek hýpnos “sleep”
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Word History and Origins

Origin of sweven1

Old English swefn; related to Old Norse svefn dream, sleep, Lithuanian sāpnas, Old Slavonic sunu, Latin somnus
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Example Sentences

I dreamt in my sweven on Thursday eve, In my bed whereas I laye.

All that heard of the sweven said it was a token of great battle.

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