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sweb en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /swɛb/

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.

Meanings

  1. (Northern-England, UK, dialectal) A swoon.

Forms

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swebs Number=Plur lexicographic
swab alternative lexicographic

Deriveds

swebby

Relateds

sweven

sweb en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /swɛb/

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.

Meanings

  1. (Northern-England, UK, dialectal, intransitive) To swoon; faint.
    • Hoo swebbed, all droked in sweat, frae the heat o' the desert sun.

Forms

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swebs Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
swab alternative lexicographic
swebbed Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
swebbed Tense=Past lexicographic
swebbing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic