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noun
A swoon, fainting; a state of giddiness or faintness.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, dialectal
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verb
To swoon, faint; be giddy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, dialectal
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History
From Middle English swemen, from Old English *swǣman, from Proto-West Germanic *swaimijan, from Proto-Germanic *swaimijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sweh1- (“to move, sway”). Cognate with Scots sweem, soom (“to spin at high speed; float”), Icelandic sveima (“to float, hover; wander, roam”).
