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Meaning of sweven | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
ˈswɛvən

Definitions

  1. A dream.
  2. A vision.

Examples

“The kynge with the honderd knyghtes mette a wonder dreme two nyghtes a fore the bataille / that ther blewe a grete wynde & blewe doun her castels and her townes / and after that cam a water and bare hit all awey / Alle that herd of the sweuen said / it was a token of grete batayll”
“[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 Golden Legend And then she said: Sir, hast thou seen the sweven that I have seen?”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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