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ˈswother, v. Obs. exc. dial.
Forms: 1 swodrian, 3 swoudri(e, suoddre, 8–9 dial. swather, swother.
[OE. swodrian, of unascertained origin.]
intr. To sleep, slumber; also, to swoon. Hence ˈswother n. (swather, zwodder), slumber, drowsiness; ˈswodder a., drowsy.
c1000Ags. Ps. (Spelman) iii. 5 Ego dormivi, et soporatus sum, ic hnæppode and ic swodrode. c1290St. Edmond 268 in S. Eng. Leg. 439 Alutel he bigan to swoudri as a slep him nome. Þo þoȝte him in his swoudringe þat a whit coluere com Fram heuene. 1297R. Glouc. (Rolls) 5340 A day as he weri was & a suoddringe him nom. c1730J. Haynes Voc. Dorset in N. & Q. 6th Ser. VIII. 45 A swather, slumber. 1825Jennings Observ. Dial. W. Eng., Zwodder, a drowsy and stupid state of body or mind. 1847Halliwell, Zwodder, drowsy and dull. West. 1854G. Williams Gloss. in N. & Q. 1st Ser. X. 400 Swothered, stifled. 1873Williams & Jones Somerset. Gloss., Swather, or Swother v., to faint. |