sweven
American
[swev-uhn]
/ ˈswɛv ən /
noun
Archaic.
sweven
British
/ ˈswɛvən /
noun
Etymology
Origin of sweven
First recorded before 900; Middle English; Old English swefn; akin to Old Norse sofa “to sleep,” Latin somnus, Greek hýpnos “sleep”
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