Old English · noun

swefn

Part of speech: noun, neuter
Declension: strong a-stem
IPA: /swefn/
[swevn]
Syllables: swefn (1 syllable)
Modern English: dream sweven

Meaning

dream

Iċ ġefylde mīn swefn.

I fulfilled my dream.

Declension

Declension of swefn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	swefn	swefnu
Accusative	swefn	swefnu
Genitive	swefnes	swefna
Dative	swefne	swefnum

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.

Descendants

sweven

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