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† aˈswough, aswow(e, adv. (or ppl. a.) Also 4–5 asuowe, aswo, aswou, aswowe, aswogh, assowe. [Interchanging in 14th c. with on swowe, in swowe, as if f. a- prep.1 + swough n.; but perhaps originally = iswowe:—iswowen:—OE. ᵹeswóᵹen senseless, fainted, pa. pple. of swóᵹan to overgrow, choke, in the phrase ‘to fall iswowen, iswowe, or aswowe’ to fall in a faint; cf. aslope, awake, athirst.] In a swoon; = a-swoon. [Cf.c1000ælfric Hom. II. 336 Se læᵹ..ᵹeswóᵹen betwux þam ofsleᵹenum. 1205Lay. 3074 He feol iswowen [1250 hi⁓swoȝe]; c1300St. Brandan 10 And ful adoun i-suoȝe; c1380Sir Ferumb. 2497 For hungre þai fulle y-sowe. c1350Will. Palerne 87 And fel doun on swowe. ]c1320R. Brunne Medit. 490 Aswo she fyl doun yn þe felde. c1330Arth. & Merl. 3304 Sir Arthour was aswowe. c1420Chron. Vilod. 496 Hurre moder adoune assowe dudde falle. 1460Lybeaus Disc. 1171 Aswogh he fell adoun. |