Obs. [f. prec.] intr. To swoon, faint.
a. 1225. Ancr. R., 288. Þe heorte … ȝeieð creaunt, creaunt, ase swowinde.
13[?]. E. E. Allit. P., C. 442. Þer he swowed & slept sadly al nyȝt.
1377. Langl., P. Pl., B. V. 154. Hir were leuere swowe or swelte þan suffre any peyne.
