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Sweven (noun)
sweven [ swev-uhn ]


noun Archaic.
1. a vision; dream.

Origin: before 900; Middle English; Old English swefn; akin to Old Norse sofa to sleep, Latin somnus,Greek hýpnos sleep

EXAMPLE SENTENCES FROM THE WEB FOR SWEVEN
I dreamt in my sweven on Thursday eve, In my bed whereas I laye.
A BOOK OF BALLADS, VOLUME 3|VARIOUS

All that heard of the sweven said it was a token of great battle.
LE MORTE D'ARTHUR, VOLUME I (OF II)|THOMAS MALORY

Now YOU come up with a sentence (or fic? or graphic?) that best illustrates the word.

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