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sweem

The English word “sweem” has 2 meanings listed here.

verb

  1. To swoon, faint; be giddy.

noun

  1. A swoon, fainting; a state of giddiness or faintness.

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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