stonen, a. Now only dial. or rare arch.
(ˈstəʊnən)
Forms: α. 1 stǽnen, 3 stænen, 2–3 stenen. β. 2–3 stanen, 4 stoonen, 5 stonun, 5–6 -yn, (7 stoneing), 3–5, 9 stonen.
[OE. stǽnen = OFris. steinen, OHG., MHG. steinîn, Goth. stainein-s:—OTeut. *stainīno- f. *staino-z stone n. The β forms are refashioned after the n.]
1. Made or consisting of stone: = stone n. attrib. (17 a).
| a 900 O.E. Martyrol. 15 May 82 God sealde..his bebodu..on twam stænenum bredum. c 1205 Lay. 9241, & al abuten ouer al he makede stænene wal. Ibid. 12424 ænne strongne stanene wal. Ibid. 14227 Þer uppe stenene [1275 stonene] wal. a 1225 Ancr. R. 378 Ineiled o rode, and ine stonene þruh biclused. 1388 Wyclif 2 Cor. iii. 3 Writun..not in stony [v.r. stonen] tablis, but in fleischli tablis of herte. c 1400 Apol. Loll. 90 Þe heþun men had sex kyndis of similacris, cleyen, treen, brasun, stonun, silueren, & golden. c 1450 Brut 404 Grete houngir brekithe herd stonen wall yn hir grete nede. 1528 in Phillipps Wills (c 1830) 106 My great stonyn trough. 1643 in N. & Q. 5th Ser. VIII. 497/1 He pulled down a stoneing cross. 1879 Farrar St. Paul II. 103 Ye are our Epistle, says St. Paul,..written..not on stonen tablets, but on fleshen tablets. Mod. dial. (Berks.) Have you come over the stonen bridge? [i.e. a stone thrown across a ditch or narrow stream.] |
† b. fig. Obs.
| 971 Blickl. Hom. 105 Hie wæron stænenre heortan & blindre. 1430–40 Lydg. Bochas iv. ix. (1554) 105 b, No man had so hard a stonen hert That might..his iyen kepe drye. |
2. Made of stoneware: = stone n. attrib. (17 b).
| c 1000 Ags. Gosp. John ii. 6 Þær wæron soðlice aset six stænene [c 1160 Hatton stenene] wæter-fatu. c 1200 Ormin 14029 Sexe stanene fetless. c 1440 Promp. Parv. 477/1 Stonyn pott or oþer wessel. |