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swevens

swevens is the plural of sweven.

Meaning of sweven

Noun

sweven (plural swevens)

  1. (archaic) A dream.
    • The kynge with the honderd knyghtes mette a wonder dreme two nyghtes a fore the bataille / that ther blewe a grete wynde & blewe doun her castels and her townes / and after that cam a water and bare hit all awey / Alle that herd of the sweuen said / it was a token of grete batayll1485, Sir Thomas Malory, “xiij”, in Le Morte Darthur, book I
  2. (archaic) A vision.
    • The Golden Legend
      And then she said: Sir, hast thou seen the sweven that I have seen?

Questions about swevens

What is swevens the plural of?
Swevens is the plural of sweven.

Words near swevens in the dictionary

  1. Swettenhams
  2. Swetts
  3. sweven
  4. swevening
  5. swevenings
  6. swevens
  7. Swexit
  8. Sweyn
  9. Swezey
  10. Swezeys
  11. SWF

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