| 释义 |
† swevet Obs.
Forms: 1 swefet, sweofot, 3 swevet, sweovet, 7 swivet.
[OE. swefet, sweofot, f. swef- (see sweven).]
Sleep, slumber.
Beowulf 1581 (Gr.) He Hroðgares heorðᵹeneatas sloh on sweofote. c1200Trin. Coll. Hom. 77 Þat we don alse þing doð þe haueð lein on swe[ue]te, forquichieth þan here time cumeð. c1205Lay. 17773 Þe king læi on sweuete. a1225Leg. Kath. 1427 Ha slepten swoteliche a sweouete.
1623C. Butler Fem. Mon. iii. (ed. 2) G iij, If there happen a milde and warme houre, they [sc. bees] presently perceiuing it, awake out of their swiuet. [Cf. sweven n. 2, quot. c 1645.] |