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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1628-1651
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Aswowne, adv. [ME. aswowne, e.m.E. aswoon. Cf. Asound adv.] In a swoon. —1628 Reg. Privy C. II. 400 (whairthrow she fell aswowne). a1651 Calderwood VI. 252 (he fell a swowme [sic] in the counsell).
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