sweem means A swoon, fainting; a state of giddiness or faintness.
Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, sweem ranks #1,801 of 42,762 for Qualifying.
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”).
noun
- A swoon, fainting; a state of giddiness or faintness.
verb
- To swoon, faint; be giddy.
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