swotherv.
Obsolete exc. dialect.
intransitive. To sleep, slumber; also, to swoon.
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the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > [verb (intransitive)]
sleepc825
swotherc1000
lib1567
peep1699
caulk1818
to pound one's ear (also pillow)1894
flop1907
to catch some z's1963
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
c1000 Ags. Ps. iii. 5 Ego dormivi, et soporatus sum, ic hnæppode and ic swodrode.
c1290 St. 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.
1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 5340 A day as he weri was & a suoddringe him nom.
1854 G. Williams Gloss. in Notes & Queries 1st Ser. X. 400 Swothered, stifled.
1873 W. P. Williams & W. A. Jones Gloss. Somersetshire Swather, or Swother v., to faint.
Derivatives
ˈswodder adj. drowsy.
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the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > drowsiness > [adjective]
winkinga1000
slummy?c1225
anappedc1300
sleepya1325
heavy1382
slumberyc1386
sleepful1398
peisant1484
slumberous1495
drowsy1530
sleepish1530
sleepery1535
slumberinga1538
somnolent1547
heavy-headed1552
drowsy-headed1576
narrow-eyed1607
soporiferous1607
oscitant1625
nodding1631
Morphean1641
dormious1656
somniculous1656
dozed1659
drowsed1667
peeping1673
dozy1693
peepy1699
somniferous1798
noddy1801
dozing1820
head-nodding1832
snory1837
soporific1841
somnolescent1845
swodder1847
adrowse1848
snoozy1877
slumbersome1884
1847 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words II Zwodder, drowsy and dull. West.
ˈswother n. (also swather, zwodder) slumber, drowsiness.
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the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > drowsiness > [noun]
somnolencec1386
sleepingness1398
slumberness1495
sleepiness1580
soporiferousness1598
somnolency1623
dozedness1671
doziness1679
swother?c1730
sleepfulness1818
somnolescence1831
sleepy-headiness1841
slumberousness1842
nappishness1851
sleepy-headedness1884
snooziness1887
?c1730 J. Haynes Dorsetshire Vocab. in Notes & Queries (1883) 21 July 45 A swather, slumber.
1825 J. Jennings Observ. Dial. W. Eng. 86 Zwodder, a drowsy and stupid state of body or mind.
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