asweve

English

Etymology

From Middle English *asweven (found only in asweved), from Old English āswefan (“to put to sleep”), equivalent to a- +‎ sweve, a word descended from Proto-West Germanic *swefan, from Proto-Germanic *swefaną (“to sleep”).

Related to sweven and sweb. Cognate with Danish sove (“to sleep”), Icelandic sofa (“to sleep”), Norwegian sove (“to sleep”), Swedish sova (“to sleep”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈswiːv/

Verb

asweve (third-person singular simple present asweves, present participle asweving, simple past and past participle asweved)

1. (obsolete, poetic) To put to sleep.

   The swarth night asweveth the wearied men.

2. (intransitive, obsolete) To stupefy.

   She stood completely asweved in the doorway.

References

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Anagrams

• weaves