The Collaborative International Dictionary
Sweven
Sweven \Swe"ven\, n. [AS. swefen sleep, dream; akin to swebban,
swefian, to put to sleep, to kill. [root]176. See
Somnolent.]
A vision seen in sleep; a dream. [Obs.]
--Wycliff (Acts ii.
17).
I defy both sweven and dream.
--Chaucer.
Wiktionary
sweven
n. 1 (label en archaic) A dream. 2 (label en archaic) A vision.
Usage examples of "sweven".
When I began my sweven for to write, So give me might to rhyme it and endite.
It is but dretching of swevens, said Sir Bors, for I doubt not Sir Launcelot aileth nothing but good.