swevening

English

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”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈswɛvə.nɪŋ/

Noun

swevening (plural swevenings)

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

References

http://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/dost/swevening_vbl_n

Middle English

Noun

swevening

  1. (Middlesex) alternative form of swevenynge
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