vbl. sb. Obs. rare. [Cf. ON. svimra to be giddy.] Giddiness; = SWIMMING vbl. sb. 4. Also ppl. a., giddy = SWIMMING ppl. a. 5.
1650. W. D., trans. Comenius’ Gate Lat. Unl., § 297. Head-ache and the megrim causseth either giddiness (dizziness, swimmering), or dotage.
1650. H. More, Observ., in Enthus. Tri., etc. (1656), 118. This is but idle treading of the air, and onely a symptome of a light swimmering fancy.
