A Scottish and Northern English dialect word for a fainting fit, swoon, or moment of dizziness and confusion.
From Middle English 'dwalm' or 'dwelm,' likely from Old Norse origins related to 'dvalr' meaning to stupefy. The term describes the sudden loss of consciousness or disorientation that comes with fainting.
People in old dialects had such specific words for different kinds of medical events—'dwalm' is oddly poetic compared to our modern 'syncope' or 'fainting spell'!
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