stoun, v. Now Sc. and north.
(stuːn)
Forms: 4 stoune, stowne, (pa. pple. stouned, stund), 5 stounne, 7 stown, 6– stoun.
[Aphetic a. OF. estoner: see astone v. Cf. stun v. and stound v.2]
† 1. trans. a. To stun, stupefy, as with a blow; to benumb. b. To stupefy with amazement, astound. Obs.
| a 1300 Cursor M. 12963 Hu bot lepe dun to þe grund, Þat þi bodi be noght stund. 13.. Gaw. & Gr. Knt. 242 Þer-fore to answare was arȝe mony aþel freke, & al stouned at his steuen, & ston-stil seten. 13.. E.E. Allit. P. C. 73 When þat steuen was stynt, þat stowned his mynde. 1591 Harington Orl. Fur. xxxvi. liv. (1634) 302 But though the shield brake not, gramercy charme, Yet underneath the shield it stound his arme. 1596 Spenser F.Q. v. xi. 29 So was he stound with stroke of her huge taile. 1613 T. Heywood Brazen Age ii. ii. C 3, My beauty, that charms Gods, makes men amaz'd, And stownd with wonder. 1631 Henshaw Horæ Succ. 389 The wicked..thinkes not of it till it come; and when it is come can think of nothing but that and is stown'd with the thought of it. |
2. intr. To be stupefied or benumbed.
| c 1400 Anturs of Arth. ix. 109 It stottyde, it stounnede, it stode als a stane. |