† swownadj.

Forms: α. Old English geswogen, Middle English iswoȝe(n, Middle English iswowe(n, ysown, swoune, Middle English suoun. β. Middle English isuowe, isuoȝe, Middle English yswowe, yswoȝe, Middle English isowe, ysow(e, ysowȝ, swowe, swoghe.

Etymology: Old English geswogen . Compare a-swoon adv., aswow adj.

Obsolete.

a. Fainting, in a swoon. Originally and chiefly in predicative use with fall.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > weariness or exhaustion > [adjective] > feeble or faint

swownc1000

faintc1320

languishinga1325

faltering1549

drooping1553

fainting1558

languished1577

swooning1646

weaka1707

languescent1837

the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > physical insensibility > unconsciousness > [adjective] > fainting or in a swoon

swownc1000

deadc1369

swoonc1450

swounding1570

deficient1608

tranced1608

sounding1621

swooning1646

fainted1847

to go out like a light1909

c1000 Ælfric Lives Saints xii. 63 [He] began to etenne; he feoll þa æt ðære forman snæde underbecc geswogen.

c1000 Ælfric Homilies II. 356 Se læg..geswogen betwux ðam ofslegenum.

c1000 Sax. Leechd. II. 196 Þæt hie syn sona geswogene gif hie þone mete næbben.

c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 2254 Stille he wes iswoȝen [c1300 Otho iswoȝe] on his kine-stole.

c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 1535 Mid þere wræððe he wes isweued. þat he feol iswowen [c1300 Otho hi-swoȝe].

c1290 St. Clement 173 in S. Eng. Leg. 327 Þis womman feol a-don i-swowe.

1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 305 Heo criede & wep mid sorwe inou & ofte iswowe [MS. B yswone] lay.

13.. K. Alis. (Linc. Inn MS.) 2262 Þat heo to grounde yswowe sletten.

c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 2497 For hungre þai fulle y-sowe.

a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1876) VI. 477 Þe kyng was astonyed, and fil doun to þe grounde as þeyȝ he were i-sowe [MS. β. a swowe; MS. γ. y-swowe].

1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis III. 357 Mi dedly face pale and fade Becam, and swoune I fell to grounde.

c1390 (?c1350) Joseph of Arimathie (1871) l. 583 Whon Eualac þat sauȝ he fel to þe grounde, And Seraphe also and boþe lye swoune.

c1390 (a1376) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Vernon) (1867) A. v. 222 Sleuþe for serwe fel doun I-swowene.

a1400 Sir Beues (A.) 446 Þat emperur fel swowe adoun [MS. C. yn swowne downe].

1423 Kingis Quair lxxiii I..lent, amaisit verily, Half sleping and half suoun.

b. As participial adjective. ? ‘Dead’ (silence).

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > inaudibility > [adjective] > silent

coyc1330

stone-still1338

quietc1384

softa1393

peacec1400

swownc1400

tongueless1447

clumc1485

mutec1500

whist1513

silent1542

dead1548

husht1557

whisted1557

whust1558

whisht1570

huisht1576

quiet (also mum, mute, still, etc.) as a mouse (in a cheese)1584

fordead1593

noiseless1608

whisha1612

dumba1616

soundlessa1616

st1655

silentish1737

defta1763

sleeping1785

untoned1807

mousy1812

soughless1851

deathlike1856

whisperless1863

deathly1865

c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 243 Al stouned at his steuen..In a swoghe-sylence..As al were slypped vpon slepe.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	swown
释义	† swownadj. Forms: α. Old English geswogen, Middle English iswoȝe(n, Middle English iswowe(n, ysown, swoune, Middle English suoun. β. Middle English isuowe, isuoȝe, Middle English yswowe, yswoȝe, Middle English isowe, ysow(e, ysowȝ, swowe, swoghe. Etymology: Old English geswogen . Compare a-swoon adv., aswow adj. Obsolete. a. Fainting, in a swoon. Originally and chiefly in predicative use with fall. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > weariness or exhaustion > [adjective] > feeble or faint swownc1000 faintc1320 languishinga1325 faltering1549 drooping1553 fainting1558 languished1577 swooning1646 weaka1707 languescent1837 the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > physical insensibility > unconsciousness > [adjective] > fainting or in a swoon swownc1000 deadc1369 swoonc1450 swounding1570 deficient1608 tranced1608 sounding1621 swooning1646 fainted1847 to go out like a light1909 c1000 Ælfric Lives Saints xii. 63 [He] began to etenne; he feoll þa æt ðære forman snæde underbecc geswogen. c1000 Ælfric Homilies II. 356 Se læg..geswogen betwux ðam ofslegenum. c1000 Sax. Leechd. II. 196 Þæt hie syn sona geswogene gif hie þone mete næbben. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 2254 Stille he wes iswoȝen [c1300 Otho iswoȝe] on his kine-stole. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 1535 Mid þere wræððe he wes isweued. þat he feol iswowen [c1300 Otho hi-swoȝe]. c1290 St. Clement 173 in S. Eng. Leg. 327 Þis womman feol a-don i-swowe. 1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 305 Heo criede & wep mid sorwe inou & ofte iswowe [MS. B yswone] lay. 13.. K. Alis. (Linc. Inn MS.) 2262 Þat heo to grounde yswowe sletten. c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 2497 For hungre þai fulle y-sowe. a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1876) VI. 477 Þe kyng was astonyed, and fil doun to þe grounde as þeyȝ he were i-sowe [MS. β. a swowe; MS. γ. y-swowe]. 1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis III. 357 Mi dedly face pale and fade Becam, and swoune I fell to grounde. c1390 (?c1350) Joseph of Arimathie (1871) l. 583 Whon Eualac þat sauȝ he fel to þe grounde, And Seraphe also and boþe lye swoune. c1390 (a1376) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Vernon) (1867) A. v. 222 Sleuþe for serwe fel doun I-swowene. a1400 Sir Beues (A.) 446 Þat emperur fel swowe adoun [MS. C. yn swowne downe]. 1423 Kingis Quair lxxiii I..lent, amaisit verily, Half sleping and half suoun. b. As participial adjective. ? ‘Dead’ (silence). ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > inaudibility > [adjective] > silent coyc1330 stone-still1338 quietc1384 softa1393 peacec1400 swownc1400 tongueless1447 clumc1485 mutec1500 whist1513 silent1542 dead1548 husht1557 whisted1557 whust1558 whust1558 whisht1570 huisht1576 quiet (also mum, mute, still, etc.) as a mouse (in a cheese)1584 fordead1593 noiseless1608 whisha1612 dumba1616 soundlessa1616 st1655 silentish1737 defta1763 sleeping1785 untoned1807 mousy1812 soughless1851 deathlike1856 whisperless1863 deathly1865 c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 243 Al stouned at his steuen..In a swoghe-sylence..As al were slypped vpon slepe. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.c1000
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