Swoon, to sink into a fainting fit; a word differently spelt in O. Edd.: 1) “swoon:” As IV, 3, 159. R3 IV, 1, 35 (Qq sound). 2) “swoond:” H4B IV, 5, 234. Cor. V, 2, 72. Cor. V, 2, 72 Tim. IV, 3, 373 (F3.4 swound). Ant. IV, 9, 26. 3) swoun or “swown:” Mids. II, 2, 154 (F1 sound, Q2 and later Ff swound). H6C V, 5, 45. 4) “swound:” Lucr. 1486 (rhyming to wounds). Meas. II, 4, 24. Mids. II, 2, 154 (Q1 swoun, F1 sound). As III, 5, 17. Wint. V, 2, 99. John V, 6, 22 (F4 swoon). Caes. I, 2, 249. Caes. I, 2, 249 5) “sound:” Compl. 305. Compl. 305 LLL V, 2, 392. Mids. II, 2, 154 (Q1 swoun, Q2 and later Ff swound). As V, 2, 29 (F4 swound). R3 IV, 1, 35 (Ff swoon). Troil. III, 2, 24. Tit. V, 1, 119 (later Ff swooned). Rom. III, 2, 56. Hml. V, 2, 319.
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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