Definition of Swoune

1. a fainting fit [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Swoune

swotter
swotters
swottier
swottiest
swottiness
swotting
swottings
swotty
swough
swoughs
swoun
swound
swounded
swounding
swounds
swoune (current term)
swouned
swounes
swouning
swouns
swow
swown
swownd
swownds
swowne
swownes
swowns
swozzle
swozzles
swum

Literary usage of Swoune

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Middle-English Dictionary: Containing Words Used by English Writers from by Francis Henry Stratmann (1891)
"C. 7289 ; sehe fel in swoune TRIAM. 375 ; she fil (on) swoune [a swoune] Сн. С. т. ..."

2. Selections from the Confessio Amantis by John Gower (1903)
"... see swete. swoune, IK/Z>. viii. 2449, in a swoon, swoune, v. «., swoon, swoune, s. viii. ..."

3. The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including the Series by Alexander Chalmers, Samuel Johnson (1810)
"... I fell down plat unto the ground, Mine herte failed and fainted aye, And long time in swoune I lay: But when I came out of ..."

4. The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including the Series by Samuel Johnson (1810)
"The third arrow he gan to shete, Whan best his time he might rspi<> The which was named Courtesie, Into mine herte be did artle, A swoune I fell, ..."

5. A Middle-English Dictionary: Containing Words Used by English Writers from by Francis Henry Stratmann (1891)
"C. 7289 ; sehe fel in swoune TRIAM. 375 ; she fil (on) swoune [a swoune] Сн. С. т. ..."

6. Selections from the Confessio Amantis by John Gower (1903)
"... see swete. swoune, IK/Z>. viii. 2449, in a swoon, swoune, v. «., swoon, swoune, s. viii. ..."

7. The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including the Series by Alexander Chalmers, Samuel Johnson (1810)
"... I fell down plat unto the ground, Mine herte failed and fainted aye, And long time in swoune I lay: But when I came out of ..."

8. The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including the Series by Samuel Johnson (1810)
"The third arrow he gan to shete, Whan best his time he might rspi<> The which was named Courtesie, Into mine herte be did artle, A swoune I fell, ..."

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