vbl. sb. Obs. Forms: 1 ʓeswowung, ʓeswoʓung, 3 swouing, 4 swohing, 6 swowyng. [OE. ʓeswoʓung, noun of action corresp. to ʓeswoʓen SWOW pa. pple.: see -ING1.] Swooning.
c. 1000. Sax. Leechd., II. 160. Hu se hata omihta maʓa unʓemet þurst & swol þrowað … & ʓeswoʓunga. Ibid., 206. Se mon ʓeswoʓunga þrowað & modes ʓeswæþrunga.
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. trans. Brunswyke’s Handywork Surg., xv. D j. Spasmus which is ye crampe or Cincopis that is the swowyng.
