The Collaborative International Dictionary
Swown
Swown \Swown\, v. & n.
Swoon. [Obs.]
--Chaucer.
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swown
n. (obsolete form of swoon English) vb. (obsolete form of swoon English)
Usage examples of "swown".
And with that word this faucoun gan to crie, And swowned eft in Canacees barm.
The eldeste lady of hem alle spak- Whan she hadde swowned with a deedly cheere, That it was routhe for to seen and heere- And seyde, "Lord, to whom Fortune hath yeven Victorie, and as a conqueror to lyven, Nat greveth us youre glorie and youre honour, But we biseken mercy and socour.
And to the tree she gooth ful hastily, And on this faucoun looketh pitously, And heeld hir lappe abrood, for wel she wiste The faucoun moste fallen fro the twiste, Whan that it swowned next, for lakke of blood.