swevening

/ˈswɛvə.nɪŋ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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noun

Obsolete

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”).

swevenings (plural)

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How do you pronounce swevening?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˈswɛvə.nɪŋ/.

What does swevening mean?

A dreaming.

Where does swevening come from?

It is traced to Middle English.

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