\Swe"ven\, n. [AS. swefen sleep, dream; akin to swebban,
swefian, to put to sleep, to kill. [root]176. See
{Somnolent}.]
A vision seen in sleep; a dream. [Obs.] --Wycliff (Acts ii.
17).
      I defy both sweven and dream.            --Chaucer.