English Explanatory Dictionary

sweem

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To swoon, faint; be giddy.
noun
  1. A swoon, fainting; a state of giddiness or faintness.

Word forms

sweem sweems sweeming sweemed

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”).

Related words

sway sweam sweamish swim zoom

Derived words

sweemy sweemish
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