sweven

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A dream

Alle that herd of the sweuen said, it was a token of grete batayll.

A vision
A vision seen in sleep; a dream
sweven

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    swev·en

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    Etymology

    () From Middle English, from Old English swefn (“sleep, dream, vision”), from Proto-Germanic *swifnan, *swifnaz (“sleep”), from Proto-Indo-European *swépnos, *súpnos (“dream”), from Proto-Indo-European *swep- (“to sleep”). Cognate with Dutch suf (“drowsy”), Middle High German swēb (“sleep”), Danish søvn (“sleep”), Latin somnus (“sleep, slumber, drowsiness”), Sanskrit स्वप्न (svápna), Ancient Greek ὕπνος (hupnos).
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