swound
Americanverb (used without object)
noun
Etymology
Origin of swound
1400–50; late Middle English swounde (v.), variant (with excrescent d ) of swoune to swoon
Example Sentences
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A silence that was like a swound fell on the instant, and the light within went out at a puff.
From John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn by Munro, Neil
“Yes, my sister; but now aid me to bring him from his swound, and then will I go for a leech.”
From A Maid at King Alfred?s Court by Madison, Lucy Foster
The ice was here, the ice was there, The ice was all around: It cracked and growled, and roared and howled, Like noises in a swound.
From The Ontario Readers: Fourth Book by Ontario. Ministry of Education
She was near falling in a swound when she saw this, and wrung her hands and cried out with her Saviour, "My God, my God! why hast thou forsaken me!"
From Mary Schweidler, the amber witch : the most interesting trial for witchcraft ever known, printed from an imperfect manuscript by her father, Abraham Schweidler, the pastor of Coserow in the island of Usedom / edited by W. Meinhold ; translated from the German by Lady Duff Gordon. by Duff Gordon, Lucie, Lady
With that the lords and the company round With hearty laughter were ready to swound.
From A Bundle of Ballads by Morley, Henry
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