swound

(swaʊnd)

n, vb

an archaic or dialect word for swoon

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swound

Past participle: swounded
Gerund: swounding

Imperative
swound
swound

Present
I swound
you swound
he/she/it swounds
we swound
you swound
they swound

Preterite
I swounded
you swounded
he/she/it swounded
we swounded
you swounded
they swounded

Present Continuous
I am swounding
you are swounding
he/she/it is swounding
we are swounding
you are swounding
they are swounding

Present Perfect
I have swounded
you have swounded
he/she/it has swounded
we have swounded
you have swounded
they have swounded

Past Continuous
I was swounding
you were swounding
he/she/it was swounding
we were swounding
you were swounding
they were swounding

Past Perfect
I had swounded
you had swounded
he/she/it had swounded
we had swounded
you had swounded
they had swounded

Future
I will swound
you will swound
he/she/it will swound
we will swound
you will swound
they will swound

Future Perfect
I will have swounded
you will have swounded
he/she/it will have swounded
we will have swounded
you will have swounded
they will have swounded

Future Continuous
I will be swounding
you will be swounding
he/she/it will be swounding
we will be swounding
you will be swounding
they will be swounding

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been swounding
you have been swounding
he/she/it has been swounding
we have been swounding
you have been swounding
they have been swounding

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been swounding
you will have been swounding
he/she/it will have been swounding
we will have been swounding
you will have been swounding
they will have been swounding

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been swounding
you had been swounding
he/she/it had been swounding
we had been swounding
you had been swounding
they had been swounding

Conditional
I would swound
you would swound
he/she/it would swound
we would swound
you would swound
they would swound

Past Conditional
I would have swounded
you would have swounded
he/she/it would have swounded
we would have swounded
you would have swounded
they would have swounded

Mentioned in ?

References in classic literature ?

The ice was here, the ice was there, The ice was all around: It cracked and growled, and roared and howled, Like noises in a swound!

View in context

14 The words respectively mean "Before sleep, relating to the state just before falling asleep; and relating to the state immediately preceding waking up (Cardinale, "Noises in a Swound!" Coleridge Bulletin, New Series 17, Summer 2001, pp 27-38).

Oneiric Reality of "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner": A Jungian Analysis

/ The ice, was here, the ice was there, / the ice was all around: / It cracked and growled, and roared and howled, / Like noises in a swound!/"