swown

Middle English

Verb

swown

1. swoon
   • late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Man of Law's Tale, The Canterbury Tales, line 1058-1059:

     Twyës she swowned in his owne sighte;
     He weep, and him excuseth pitously:— [...]

     Twice she swooned in his own sight;
     He wept, and himself excuses piteously:— [...]

   • 1526, John Rastell, “Of the Woman that followed her fourth husbands bere and wept.”, in A C, mery Talys.‎^[1]:

     [...] her neyghbours thought she wolde swown and dye for sorow.

Noun

swown

1. swoon
   • 14th c. Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales. The Prologe of the Wyf of Bathe, line 797-799:

     And whan he saugh so stille that I lay,
     He was agast, and would have fled away.
     Til atte last out of my swown I brayde: [...]

     And when he saw how still I lay,
     He was frightened and would have fled on his way,
     Until at the last out of my swoon I awoke: [...]