Sweem
noun, verb
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A swoon, fainting; a state of giddiness or faintness. UK, dialectal
Verb
- 1 To swoon, faint; be giddy. UK, dialectal
Etymology
From Middle English swemen, from Old English *swǣman, from Proto-West Germanic *swaimijan, from Proto-Germanic *swaimijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sweh₁- (“to move, sway”). Cognate with Scots sweem, soom (“to spin at high speed; float”), Icelandic sveima (“to float, hover; wander, roam”).
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