asweve
English
Etymology
From Middle English asweven, from Old English āswefan (“to put to sleep”), equivalent to a- + sweve, a word descended 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)
- (regional, obsolete, poetic) To put to sleep.
- The swarth night asweveth the wearied men.
- (intransitive, obsolete) To stupefy.
- She stood completely asweved in the doorway.
References
http://www.webster-dictionary.org/definition/Asweve
Anagrams
- weaves