sweb

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English

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Etymology

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

Verb

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  1. (intransitive, UK dialectal, Northern England) To swoon; faint.
    Hoo swebbed, all droked in sweat, frae the heat o' the desert sun.

Noun

sweb (plural swebs)

  1. (UK dialectal, Northern England) A swoon.

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