zwodder

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noun

A dull, drowsy state; stupor

OriginMiddle English swodderen ← Old English swodrian →
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Meanings

noun
  1. UKdialectalA dull, drowsy state; stupor

    So most volk came round to think that 'twur a kind o' zwodder that had suddenly come over en — zummet in the line of a fainting-fit, lookyzee.

    1923, John Read, Cluster-o'-vive: stories and studies of old-world Wessex, page 148

Origin

  1. Old Englishswodrian“to get drowsy, fall asleep”
  2. Middle Englishswodderen
  3. Englishzwodder

From Middle English swodderen, from Old English swodrian (“to get drowsy, fall asleep”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps a variant of Old English swaþrian (“to withdraw, retreat, subside”). Compare also Middle Dutch swadderen (“to be weary from drinking, stagger”).

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