Caym he slogh wit chaunce we find."—(Cursor Mundi, fol. 10.)
Al-so he mistagte, also he schet,
As he mistaught, so he shot.
[477] wende = weened, thought. [480]-481 Cain unwarned, received it (the arrow), groaned, and stretched (fell prostrate), and died with that (immediately). unwarde may be an error for unwarnde = unwarned, or for unwared = A.S. unwered = unprotected. [484] dedes swog = death's swoon. Swog = O.E. swowe, swoughe.
"Aswogh (in swoon) he fell adoun
An his hynder arsoun (rise of the saddle),
As man that was mate."—(Lybeaus Disconus, 1171.)
The verb to swoon occurs often in English under the form swoghen (p.p. yswowe),
"The king swoghened for that wounde."—(Kyng Alys., 5857.)