swevening

English

Etymology

Derived from the Middle English verb sweven (“to sleep”). Germanic cognates include Danish søvn (“sleep”), Icelandic svefn (“sleep”), Norwegian søvn (“sleep”), Swedish sömn (“sleep”). More at sweven.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈswɛve.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

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