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Sweven vs Steven - What's the difference?

sweven | steven |

As nouns the difference between sweven and steven

is that sweven is a dream while steven is the voice, now especially when loud or strong.

As a proper noun Steven is

a given name derived from Ancient Greek, a variant spelling of Stephen.

As a verb steven is

to speak; utter; describe; tell of; name.

sweven

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (label) A dream.
  • *:
  • *: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?

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    steven

    English

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • , a variant spelling of Stephen.
  • * 1989 Ann Beattie: Picturing Will . Random House. ISBN 0394569873 page 67:
    • His first name was probably Steve or Ed. No, there were no more Steves or Eds in New York. They were now Steven or Edward, whether they were gay or straight. If they had money, they didn't have a nickname. Everybody was into high seriousness, so that now even dogs were named Humphrey and Raphael.

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