† aˈswind, v. Obs.
1–4. pa. tense aswond. pa. pple. aswunde(n, aswounde.
[OE. aswindan, f. a- prefix 1 away + swindan to languish.]
1. intr. To languish away, vanish, perish.
| c 885 K. ælfred Boeth. xxxiii. §4 Þ{yacu}læs..ealle oþre ᵹesceafta aswindað. c 1175 Lamb. Hom. 133 Sum [of þe sede feol] among þeornen and þer aswond. 1250 Lay. 17940 Sealde he aswint þat to him seolue tresteþ. a 1250 Owl & Night. 1572 Al thi sputing schal aswinde. |
2. in pa. pple. Languishing, worn out; enervated.
| c 885 K. ælfred Boeth. xl. §4 Hw{yacu} ᵹe swá unnytte sión & swá aswundene? 1205 Lay. 22254 Þat his folc gode aswunden [1250 aswonde] ne laie þere. a 1250 Owl & Night. 534 Vor ich nam non aswunde wrecche. c 1350 Leg. Rood (1871) 52 Ȝe beþ neih aswounde. |