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語源

From Middle English sweem, sweme, swem ‎(“a dizziness”), from Old Norse sveimr ‎(“a bustle, stir”), from Proto-Germanic *swaimaz ‎(“a moving to かつ fro, a sway”), from Proto-Indo-European *swey- ‎(“to twist, swing”). Cognate with Old Norse svími ‎(“dizziness, fainting”) (Danish svime ‎(“a swoon”)), Dutch zwijm ‎(“a swoon, fainting fit”), 古期英語 swīma ‎(“vertigo, dizziness, a swoon”). More at swim.

名詞

sweam ‎(複数形 sweams)

1. (dialectal) A swimming of the head; a fainting fit; a swoon.
2. (dialectal) A sudden qualm of sickness.