Definition of Swowne

1. swoune [n -S] - See also: swoune

Lexicographical Neighbors of Swowne

swoughs
swoun
swound
swounded
swounding
swounds
swoune
swouned
swounes
swouning
swouns
swow
swown
swownd
swownds
swowne (current term)
swownes
swowns
swozzle
swozzles
swum
swung
swung dash
swung dashes
swungen
swunk
swunken
swy
swype
swyped

Literary usage of Swowne

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Petworth ms. of Chaucer's Canterbury tales by Geoffrey Chaucer, Frederick James Furnivall (1879)
"... liaf in liure lappe her tako Vnto fat1 tymo she gan of swowne awake 476 And after fat1 she of ..."

2. The Corpus Ms (Corpus Christi Coll., Oxford) of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer (1879)
"... cuer sche dide and fil to grounde anon And lif on swowne deed as ony stoon ... vnto fat 1 tyme sche gan of1 swowne awake / 476 And after fat 1 sche of1 ..."

3. The Petworth ms. of Chaucer's Canterbury tales by Geoffrey Chaucer, Frederick James Furnivall (1879)
"... haf in hure lappe her take Vnto fat1 tyme she gan of swowne awake 476 And after fat1 she of swowne gan ..."

4. The Petworth ms. of Chaucer's Canterbury tales by Geoffrey Chaucer, Frederick James Furnivall (1879)
"... liaf in liure lappe her tako Vnto fat1 tymo she gan of swowne awake 476 And after fat1 she of ..."

5. The Corpus Ms (Corpus Christi Coll., Oxford) of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer (1879)
"... cuer sche dide and fil to grounde anon And lif on swowne deed as ony stoon ... vnto fat 1 tyme sche gan of1 swowne awake / 476 And after fat 1 sche of1 ..."

6. The Petworth ms. of Chaucer's Canterbury tales by Geoffrey Chaucer, Frederick James Furnivall (1879)
"... haf in hure lappe her take Vnto fat1 tyme she gan of swowne awake 476 And after fat1 she of swowne gan ..."

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