v. Obs. 1–4. Pa. t. aswond. Pa. pple. aswunde(n, aswounde. [OE. aswindan, f. A- pref. 1 away + swindan to languish.]
1. intr. To languish away, vanish, perish.
c. 885. K. Ælfred, Boeth., xxxiii. § 4. Þýlæs … ealle oþre ʓesceafta aswindað.
c. 1175. Lamb. Hom., 133. Sum [of þe sede feol] among þeornen and þer aswond.
1250. Lay., 17940. Sealde he aswint þat to him seolue tresteþ.
a. 1250. Owl & Night., 1572. Al thi sputing schal aswinde.
2. in pa. pple. Languishing, worn out; enervated.
c. 885. K. Ælfred, Boeth., xl. § 4. Hwý ʓe swá unnytte sión & swá aswundene?
c. 1205. Lay., 22254. Þat his folc gode aswunden [1250 aswonde] ne laie þere.
a. 1250. Owl & Night., 534. Vor ich nam non aswunde wrecche.
c. 1350. Leg. Rood (1871), 52. Ȝe beþ neih aswounde.
