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)
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