I defy both sweven and dream. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
sweven — [swev′ən] n. [ME < OE swefn, a dream, sleep < IE * swepnos < base * swep > L somnus, Gr hypnos, sleep] Archaic a dream or vision … English World dictionary
sweven — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English swefn sleep, dream, vision more at somnolent Date: before 12th century archaic dream, vision … New Collegiate Dictionary
sweven — /swev euhn/, n. Archaic. a vision; dream. [bef. 900; ME; OE swefn; akin to ON sofa to sleep, L somnus, Gk hýpnos sleep] * * * … Universalium
sweven — noun a) A dream. [The queen] went in to the Sultan and assured him that their daughter had suffered during all her wedding night from swevens and nightmare. b) A vision. Alle that herd of the sweuen said, it was a token of grete batayll … Wiktionary
sweven — vision seen in sleep; a dream Forthright s Forsoothery … Phrontistery dictionary
sweven — swev·en … English syllables
sweven — swev•en [[t]ˈswɛv ən[/t]] n. archaic a vision; dream • Etymology: bef. 900; ME; OE swefn, c. OSsweban, ON svefn sleep, dream, L somnus sleep … From formal English to slang
sweven — ˈswevən noun ( s) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English swefn sleep, dream, vision more at somnolent archaic : dream, vision … Useful english dictionary
schweben — Vsw std. (8. Jh.), mhd. sweben, ahd. swebēn, mndd. sweven, mndl. sweven Stammwort. Aus wg. * swib ǣ Vsw. schweben , auch in ae. forþswebbian, forþswefian Glück haben . Wohl Durativum zu einem Verb, das sich weder lautlich noch semantisch genau… … Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen sprache
swibēn? — *swibēn?, *swibæ̅n? germ., schwach. Verb: nhd. bewegen; ne. move (Verb); Rekontruktionsbasis: anfrk., mnd., ahd.; Etymologie: idg. *su̯eib ?, Verb … Germanisches Wörterbuch
