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swevening en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈswɛvə.nɪŋ/

Etymology

From Middle English swevenyng, from sweven (“dream”) and thus equivalent to sweven + -ing. Germanic cognates include Danish søvn (“sleep”), Icelandic svefn (“sleep”), Norwegian søvn (“sleep”), Swedish sömn (“sleep”).

Meanings

  1. (obsolete, regional) A dreaming.
    • He saw distorted, dancing shapes in a nightmarish swevening.

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