swevening

English

Etymology

From Middle English swevenyng, from sweven (“dream”) and thus equivalent to sweven +‎ -ing. Germanic cognates include Danish søvn (“sleep”), Icelandic svefn (“sleep”), Norwegian søvn (“sleep”), Swedish sömn (“sleep”).

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