sweven
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Engelska[redigera]
Substantiv[redigera]
Böjningar av sweven | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominativ | sweven | swevens |
Genitiv | sweven's | swevens' |
sweven
- (ålderdomligt, ej längre brukligt) dröm
- 1485: Le Morte Darthur, Book I.13, Sir Thomas Malory:
- Alle that herd of the sweuen said, it was a token of grete batayll.
- Alle that herd of the sweuen said, it was a token of grete batayll.
- 1885: The Thousand Nights and One Night, Sir Richard Burton (övers.):
- [The queen] went in to the Sultan and assured him that their daughter had suffered during all her wedding-night from swevens and nightmare.
- [The queen] went in to the Sultan and assured him that their daughter had suffered during all her wedding-night from swevens and nightmare.
- Synonymer: dream
- 1485: Le Morte Darthur, Book I.13, Sir Thomas Malory:
Etymologi[redigera]
Från fornengelska swefn från urindoeuropeiska *súpnos, *swépnos, "dröm". Från samma rot stammar latin somnus, sanskrit स्वप्न (svápna) och klassisk grekiska ὕπνος (hupnos). Jämför också isländska svefn och svenska sömn.