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单词 aswow
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aswowadj.

Forms: Also Middle English asuowe, aswo, aswou, aswowe, aswogh, assowe.
Etymology: Interchanging in 14th cent. with on swowe , in swowe , as if < a prep.1 + swough n.; but perhaps originally = iswowe < iswowen < Old English geswógen senseless, fainted, past participle of swógan to overgrow, choke, in the phrase ‘to fall iswowen, iswowe, or aswowe’ to fall in a faint; compare aslope, awake, athirst.
In a swoon; = a-swoon adv.
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c1000 Ælfric Homilies II. 336 Se læg..geswógen betwux þam ofslegenum.
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 1535 He feol iswowen [c1300 Otho hi-swoȝe].
c1300 St. Brandan 10 And ful adoun i-suoȝe.
a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 87 & fel doun on swowe.
c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 2497 For hungre þai fulle y-sowe.]
c1320 tr. J. Bonaventura Medit. 490 Aswo she fyl doun yn þe felde.c1330 Arth. & Merl. 3304 Sir Arthour was aswowe.c1420 Chron. Vilod. 496 Hurre moder adoune assowe dudde falle.1460 Lybeaus Disc. 1171 Aswogh he fell adoun.
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