swound

[ swound, swoond ]

verb (used without object), nounArchaic.

Origin of swound

1
1400–50; late Middle English swounde (v.), variant (with excrescent d) of swoune to swoon

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How to use swound in a sentence

  • When my child heard this, she gave a cry of joy, and fell back in a swound with her head against the wall.

    The Amber Witch | Wilhelm Meinhold
  • A silence that was like a swound fell on the instant, and the light within went out at a puff.

    John Splendid | Neil Munro
  • I poured out my tale at one breath and in one sentence, and when it ended my mother was in her swound.

  • Hereupon my poor child was torn from me, and I fell in a swound upon the steps.

    The Amber Witch | Wilhelm Meinhold

British Dictionary definitions for swound

swound

/ (swaʊnd) /


noun, verb
  1. an archaic or dialect word for swoon

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