swebv.
/swɛb/ Now northern dialect.
intransitive. To faint, swoon.
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the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > physical insensibility > unconsciousness > lose consciousness [verb (intransitive)] > faint or swoon
swotherc1000
swowa1250
swoonc1290
sweltc1330
trance1340
to fall on, in swowa1375
swapc1386
sound1393
dwelea1400
swaya1400
faintc1440
owmawt1440
swalmc1440
sweamc1440
syncopize1490
dwalm?a1513
swarf1513
swound1530
cothe1567
sweb1599
to go away1655
to die away1707
go1768
sink1769
sile1790
to pass out1915
to black out1935
1599 Warning for Faire Women ii. 567 Looke in my purse for a peece of ginger; I shall sweb, I shall swound.
1674 J. Ray N. Countrey Words in Coll. Eng. Words 47 To Sweb, to swoon.
1888 S. O. Addy Gloss. Words Sheffield
Derivatives
ˈswebbing n.
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the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > physical insensibility > unconsciousness > [noun] > fainting or swooning
swimeOE
swowingc1000
swooningc1290
swoonc1330
soundingc1380
swelteringc1440
sweltingc1460
swalming1487
swounding1570
syncopization1598
fainting1601
lipothymy1603
defection1615
dereliction1647
swebbing1668
swound1880
greyout1942
1668 J. Dryden Sr Martin Mar-all iii. 31 Pray your Lordship keep her from swebbing.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1918; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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