sweam
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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.
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Definition of sweam
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
- (dialectal)A swimming of the head; a fainting fit; a swoon.
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noun
- (dialectal)A swimming of the head; a fainting fit; a swoon.
- (dialectal)A sudden qualm of sickness.
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Etymology
From Middle English sweem, sweme, swem (“a dizziness”), from Middle English swemen (“to feel faint, be overcome”), from Old English *swǣman (“to trouble, grieve”); and also from Old Norse sveimr…
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From Middle English sweem, sweme, swem (“a dizziness”), from Middle English swemen (“to feel faint, be overcome”), from Old English *swǣman (“to trouble, grieve”); and also from Old Norse sveimr (“a bustle, stir”), from Proto-Germanic *swaimaz (“a moving to and fro, a sway”), from Proto-Indo-European *sweh₁- (“to sway, swing”). Cognate with Old Norse svími (“dizziness, fainting”) (Danish svime (“a swoon”)), Dutch zwijm (“a swoon, fainting fit”), Old English swīma (“vertigo, dizziness, a swoon”). More at swim.
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