astonied, ppl. a.
(əˈstɒnɪd)
Forms: 4–5 astoneyd, 4–6 -yed, 5 -eyed, 5–6 astoyned, astonnyed, -ied, 6– astonied. Aphet. 4 stoneyd, stoneȝid.
[A variant of prec.; pa. pple. of astony v. (Various writers have apparently fancied this word to be a derivative of stony, and used it as = petrified, in the transferred senses 2, 3, 4.)]
† 1. Stunned, stupefied, deprived of sensation; primarily by a blow, but subseq. also by anæsthetics, cold, etc.; insensible, benumbed, paralysed.
| c 1386 [see astoned 3]. c 1450 Merlin x. 164 He fill to the grounde astonyed. 1523 Ld. Berners Froiss. I. clxiii. 201 Sir Edwarde..strake hym suche a stroke on the helme with his swerde, that he was astonyed. 1578 Lyte Dodoens 451 The body and greeved place is only astonied, or made asleepe for a season. 1580 Baret Alv. B 544 Benummed or astonied, a sleepe, without sence or feeling, Torpidus. 1601 Holland Pliny II. 323 Their feet will be immediatly benummed and astonied. 1603 Knolles Hist. Turks (1621) 87 The Sultan..gave him such a blow upon the head, as might have killed a bull, so that the Emperour..astonied, fell down from his horse. 1611 Cotgr., Gourdi, Benummed, astonied, stonnied. |
† b. Of parts of the body: Rendered powerless, or functionless. Of the teeth: ‘set on edge.’ Obs.
| c 1350 Med. MS. in Archæol. XXX. 373 To veynes astonyid..ful of myth. 1388 Wyclif Ecclus. xxx. 10 Thi teeth schulen be astonyed. 1398 Trevisa Barth. De P.R. xix. lxxiii. (1495) 903 Synewes that ben astonyed other shronken. |
2. Deprived for the moment of the power of action, dazed, paralysed. arch.
| c 1350 Will. Palerne 880 Stifly astoneyd for ioye. 1388 Wyclif Prov. xvi. 30 With iȝen astonyed. 1494 Fabyan v. cxxvii. 108 They were so astonyed, that they myght not goo one foote forwarde. 1535 Coverdale Job xxxvii. 1 My hert is astonnied, and moued out of his place. 1596 R. Linche Poems (1877) 60 Stone-astonied, like a Deare at gaze. 1667 Milton P.L. ix. 890 Adam..Astonied stood and Blank, while horror chill Ran through his veins. 1850 Mrs. Browning Poems I. 319 And I astonied fell and could not pray. |
3. Bewildered, filled with consternation, dismayed. arch.
| c 1386 Chaucer Knt.'s T. 1503 This Emelye astoneyd was, And seide, ‘What amounteth this, allas!’ 1440 Promp. Parv., Astonyed or a-stoyned yn mannys wytte, Attonitus, consternatus, stupefactus, perculsus. 1594 Mirr. Policie (1599) D, The part of a stout man is not to be astonied and cast downe in aduersity. 1611 Bible Ezra ix. 3, I rent my garment and my mantle..and sate downe astonied. 1674 Gouldman Lat. Dict., Stupefio, to be abashed or astonied. 1873 R. Broughton Nancy i. 2 Might well hold up his hands in astonied horror. |
4. Greatly surprised, amazed, astonished. arch.
| c 1400 Test. Love iii. (1560) 296 b/2 Hugelye tho was I astonied of this suddain adventure. 1535 Coverdale 2 Chron. vii. 21 Euery one that goeth by, shall be astonnyed at this hye house. 1611 Chester Dialogue (1878) 127 Within the night they shine so gloriously, That mans astonied senses they do feed. 1790 Wolcott (P. Pindar) Ep. J. Bruce Wks. 1812 II. 353 The public eye astonied stare. 1857 S. Winkworth Tauler's Life 70 Your brethern in the convent were much astonied at you. |