Seven vs Sweven - What's the difference?
seven | sweven |
(cardinal) A numerical value equal to ; the number occurring after six and before eight.
The digit/figure 7 or an occurrence thereof.
(countable, cards) A card bearing seven pips.
(label) A dream.
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*:The kynge with the honderd knyghtes mette a wonder dreme two nyghtes a fore the bataille / that ther blewe a grete wynde & blewe doun her castels and her townes / and after that cam a water and bare hit all awey / Alle that herd of the sweuen said / it was a token of grete batayll
*1885 , Sir (w) (trans.), (w) :
*:[The queen] went in to the Sultan and assured him that their daughter had suffered during all her wedding-night from swevens and nightmare.
(label) A vision.
*The (Golden Legend)
*:And then she said: Sir, hast thou seen the sweven that I have seen?
As nouns the difference between seven and sweven
is that seven is the digit/figure 7 or an occurrence thereof while sweven is a dream.As a numeral seven
is a numerical value equal to 7; the number occurring after six and before eight.seven
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(wikipedia seven)Alternative forms
* Arabic numerals: (see for numerical forms in other scripts) * Roman numerals: VII * sev'nNumeral
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*Noun
- He wrote three sevens on the paper.
