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sweb.

To swoon; faint.

4 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb/swɛb/

  1. To swoon; faint.

    Northern-England · UK · dialectal · intransitive
    Hoo swebbed, all droked in sweat, frae the heat o' the desert sun.
Where this word comes from

From Middle English swebben (“to sleep, swoon”), from Old English swebban (“to put to sleep, lull, kill”), from From Proto-West Germanic *swabbjan, from Proto-Germanic *swabjaną, *swēbijaną (“to lull, put to sleep”), from Proto-Indo-European *swep-, *sup- (“to sleep”). Cognate with Icelandic svefja (“to put to sleep, lull, soothe”), Latin sōpiō (“put to sleep, lull”, verb). Related to sweven.

noun/swɛb/

  1. A swoon.

    Northern-England · UK · dialectal
Where this word comes from

From Middle English swebben (“to sleep, swoon”), from Old English swebban (“to put to sleep, lull, kill”), from From Proto-West Germanic *swabbjan, from Proto-Germanic *swabjaną, *swēbijaną (“to lull, put to sleep”), from Proto-Indo-European *swep-, *sup- (“to sleep”). Cognate with Icelandic svefja (“to put to sleep, lull, soothe”), Latin sōpiō (“put to sleep, lull”, verb). Related to sweven.

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