Swound
/swaʊnd/noun
A fainting fit or swoon.
Did you know?Swound is an old English dialectal form meaning a faint or swoon, and it survived in regional speech long after the standard word faded.
Etymological Timeline
Old English
OE
geswōgen / swōgan
“to swoon, faint, or be overcome”
Middle English
ME
swoune / swown
“a fainting fit; to faint”
Early Modern English
English
swound
“a swoon or fainting spell”
Modern English
English
swound
“dialectal or archaic term for a faint or swoon”