swefn

== Old English == === Alternative forms === swefen === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *swefn, from Proto-Germanic *swefnaz (“sleep, dream”), from Proto-Indo-European *swépnos. Cognate with Old Saxon sweƀan, Old Norse svefn. The Indo-European root also led to Ancient Greek ὕπνος (húpnos), Latin somnus, Old Irish suan, Old Church Slavonic сънъ (sŭnŭ), Lithuanian sãpnas. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /swefn/, [swevn] Rhymes: -efn === Noun === swefn n dream ==== Usage notes ==== “To have a dream” is expressed with mǣtan (“to dream”), not habban (“to have”): Ġiestran niht mē mǣtte swefn þæt iċ wǣre fram wulfe forswolgen (“Last night I had [lit. dreamed] a dream that I was devoured by a wolf”). ==== Declension ==== Strong a-stem: ==== Derived terms ==== swefnian swefniend swefnreċċere unswefn ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: sweven, swevyn, swevon, swevene, swevne, swheven, squeven, sueven, seven, swene, swefen, suefen, sweoven (Early Middle English)English: swevenScots: sweven, swevyn ==== See also ==== mǣtan