The tree was high; Yet nimbly up from bough to bough I swerved.
Dryden.
Swerve, v. t. To turn aside. Gauden.
Swe"ven (?), n. [AS. swefen sleep, dream; akin to swebban, swefian, to
put to sleep, to kill. √176. See Somnolent.] A vision seen in
sleep; a dream. [Obs.] Wycliff (Acts ii. 17).