swevening

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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

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