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
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Had he no where else to swound? a vengeance swound him: Undone, undone, undone: stay, I can lye yet And swear too at a pinch, that's all my comfort.
From Beaumont & Fletcher's Works (2 of 10) - the Humourous Lieutenant by Francis Beaumont
Then the prisoner was removed, and, so far as I saw, he was in a swound, and the Court broke up.
From Ghost Stories of an Antiquary Part 2: More Ghost Stories by M. R. (Montague Rhodes) James
In fact, any one unused to this noise, who should hear it unexpectedly, might easily go into a swound or die of fright.
From The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 2 by Henry Yule
With that the lords and the company round With hearty laughter were ready to swound; At last said the lords, Full well we may see, The bride and the beggar's beholden to thee.
From English Songs and Ballads by T. W. H. (Thomas William Hodgson) Crosland
Porredge is poison, they hate a Kitchin as they hate a Counter, and show 'em but a Feather-bed they swound.
From The Scornful Lady by John Fletcher
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