单词 | swow |
释义 | † swown. Obsolete. 1. a. A swoon. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > physical insensibility > unconsciousness > [noun] > fainting or swooning > a faint or swoon swimeOE swooningc1290 swowa1325 swooningc1330 swoon1390 soundc1400 trancec1405 sweamc1415 swoundc1440 sweltingc1460 swarf1488 dwalm?a1513 sounding ecstasy?1565 sounding1580 pasme1591 death1596 lipothymy1603 deliquium1620 delique1645 fainting fit1714 drow1727 faint-fit1795 faint1808 blacking out1930 blackout1934 greyout1942 pass-out1946 a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 484 Til he fel dun on dedes swog. c1369 G. Chaucer Bk. Duchesse 215 What she said more in þat swow I mai nat telle ȝow as now. a1400 Sir Beues (A.) 1563 Whan he awakede of þat swouȝ, Þe tronsoun eft to him a drouȝ. a1400 Leg. Rood (1871) 135 His flesch is smite wiþ deþes þarmes, And swelteþ heer in a swemly swouh [c1425 swow]. 1447 O. Bokenham Lyvys Seyntys (1835) 14 Whan of his swow As a man amasyd he sodeynly dede abreyde. a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. xv. 180 As I lay in a swogh, Full sad slepand and thro. c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 3551 He..felle to þe ground In a swyme & a swogh, as he swelt wold. b. to fall on, in swow: to swoon. (Cf. swown adj.) ΘΚΠ 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 a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 87 Reuliche gan he rore..& fel doun on swowe. a1400 Sir Beues (A.) 1309 Terri fel þer doun and [?= an] swouȝ. c1400 Laud Troy Bk. 4376 And thei of Troye bakward drowe; And many fel ded In sowe. c1440 J. Capgrave Life St. Katherine iii. 1214 Wyth þese swete wordes sche fel in swow. a1450 Le Morte Arth. 1634 Than was the quene glad I-noghe Whan she saw launcelot du lake, That nyghe for Ioy she felle in swoughe. 2. A state of sleep or trance. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > [noun] > action, fact, or state of sleeping or falling asleep > half-asleep or in a trance trancec1386 swowc1403 c1403 T. Clanvowe Cuckoo & Nightingale 87 I fel in suche a slomber and a swow, Not al a-slepe, ne fully wakinge. c1440 J. Capgrave Life St. Katherine iii. 649 Whan þat same Adam slepte in a swow, Oure lord oute of his syde þan made Eue. 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid viii. i. 62 The profund swoch of sleip had thaim ourtayne. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online December 2021). † swowv.1 Obsolete. intransitive. To swoon, faint. ΘΚΠ 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 a1250 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Nero) (1952) 130 Đe heorte..ȝeieð creaunt creaunt ase swowinde [?c1225 Cleo. swochninde]. 1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. v. 154 Hir were leuere swowe or swelte þan suffre any peyne. c1400 (?c1380) Patience l. 442 Þer he swowed & slept sadly al nyȝt. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online September 2018). swowv.2 U.S. colloquial. I swow, I declare; = swan v.2 ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > [phrase] I swan1823 swanny1839 I swow1844 1790 Massachusetts Spy 30 Dec. 1/1 In one village you will hear the phrase ‘I snore,’—in another, ‘I swowgar,’—and in another, ‘I van you, I wunt do it.’] 1844 ‘J. Slick’ High Life N.Y. I. 104 I swow, Miss Miles, you look as harnsome as a full blown rose this morning. 1872 M. S. De Vere Americanisms 595 I swan, I swad, I swow, I swamp, and I vum, for I swear, and I vow. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < n.a1325v.1a1250v.21844 |
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