† ˈswowing, vbl. n. Obs.
Forms: 1 ᵹeswowung, ᵹeswoᵹung, 3 swouing, 4 swohing, 6 swowyng.
[OE. ᵹeswoᵹung, noun of action corresp. to ᵹeswoᵹen swow pa. pple.: see -ing1.]
Swooning.
| c 1000 Sax. Leechd. II. 160 Hu se hata omihta maᵹa un⁓ᵹemet þurst & swol þrowað..& ᵹeswoᵹunga. Ibid. 206 Se mon ᵹeswoᵹunga þrowað & modes ᵹeswæþrunga. a 1290 St. Eustace 163 in Horstm. Altengl. Leg. (1881) 214 Þe kniȝt wes ney I-swowe..þo he hof swouing [printed swoning] aros [etc.]. c 1300 K. Horn 474 (Laud MS.) Þo reymyl þe ȝenge Com of hire swohinge [other MSS. swoȝning, swowenynge]. 1525 tr. Brunswyke's Handywork Surg. xv. D j, Spasmus whiche is y⊇ crampe or Cincopis that is the swowyng. |