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† sweve, v. Obs.
(Also 3 pa. pple. iswaued.)
[Three OE. verbs coalesced under this form: (1) swefan (pa. tense swæf, swǽfon) str. intr. to sleep; (2) (ᵹe)swebban (pa. tense -swefede, pa. pple. swefed) wk. trans. to put to sleep or to death (cf. sweb), corresponding to OS. an-sweƀian, OHG. int-swebben (MHG. ent-sweben), ON. svefja:—*swafjan; (3) ᵹeswefian (pa. tense ᵹeswefode, pa. pple. ᵹeswefod) to put to sleep; f. swef-: swaf-: swuf- (cf. ON. sofa, svaf, svofinn to sleep and søfa to put to death): see sweven.]
I.
1. intr. To sleep, sink to rest, become quiet.
Beowulf 119 (Gr.) Fand þa ðær inne æþelinga ᵹedriht swefan æfter symble. a1000Cædmon's Exod. 36 (Gr.) Swæfon seledreamas. c1205Lay. 25548 Wederen alre selest, and þa sæ sweuede.
II.
2. trans. To put to sleep (or to death), lull to rest; also, to stupefy.
Beowulf 679 (Gr.) Ic hine sweorde swebban nelle. c725Corpus Gloss. (Hessels) S 399 Sopio, suebbo. a950Guthlac vi. (1909) 136 Þa wæs he sæmninga mid leohte slæpe swefed. c1000ælfric Hom. II. 474 Se apostol Matheus þa dracan ᵹeswefode. a1175Cott. Hom. 233 He blisseð hus mid dȝeies [sic] licht, he sweueð hus mid þiestre nicht. c1205Lay. 3073 Mid þære wræððe he wes isweued [later text igremid] þat he feol iswowen. Ibid. 15706 Þenne ich wæs on bedde iswaued. |