Obs. [Obscure; possibly an early instance of SWEEP sb. in fig. sense.] ? Scope, significance (of a dream).

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c. 1250.  Gen. & Ex., 2086. ‘Me wore leuere,’ quad Ioseph, ‘Of eddi dremes rechen swep.’ Ibid., 2112.

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a. 1400–50.  Wars Alex., 248. For þai can swyth of a sweuyn all þe swepe telle.

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