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† swevening, vbl. n. Obs.
Forms: 3–4 swevening, (4 suev-, 4–5 -yng), 4–5 swefnyng(e.
[f. sweven v. + -ing1.]
Dreaming; a dream.
c1275Lay. 19701 He..com to þan kinge þar he lay a sweuekinge [read sweveninge]. a1300Cursor M. 4513 (Cott.) Pharaon þe king Sagh in slepe suilk a sueuening. a1300St. Kenelm 116 in E.E.P. (1862) 50 A sweueninge þat þe child mette. a1366Chaucer Rom. Rose 1 Many men sayn þat in sweueninges Ther nys but fables & lesynges. a1400Morte Arth. 759 With þe swoghe of þe see in swefnynge he felle. c1400Mandeville (Roxb.) vii. 27 Þe seuen deed qwhete eres, whilk kyng Pharao sawe in swefnyng. 1423Jas. I Kingis Q. clxxiv, Though that my spirit vexit was tofore In sueuenyng, alssone as euer I woke, By twenty fold It was In trouble more.
So † ˈswevening (6 Sc. sweyning) ppl. a., dreaming.
1570Satir. Poems Reform x. 12 Dame Dreming, all clad in blak Sabill, With Sweyning Nymphis in cullouris variabill. |