† stoyne, v. Obs.
[var. of stony v.; the form has not been satisfactorily accounted for. Cf. astoyned var. of astonied ppl. a.]
a. trans. To stun with a blow or with a shock of amazement, fear, and the like. Chiefly pass. b. intr. To be stunned.
| c 1400 Destr. Troy 7431 Ector, for þe stithe stroke stoynyt no thyng. c 1450 J. Capgrave S. Kath. Prol. 109 Þe preest is stoyned as thow he turned wer. New ioye, new thowte had he than þere! Ibid. 1837 Thei sey hir resons and hir grete euydens Whiche stoyned the clerkis alle tho ben there. 1460 ― Chron. (Rolls) 124 There cam a wind, and brast the dores ope with swech a violens that thei stoyned on the walle. 1555 T. Phaer æneid ii. (1558) F ij, I stoynyd, and my heare vpstood, my mouth for feare was fast. 1563 Sackville Induct. Mirr. Mag. xxxiv, Next sawe we Dread al tremblyng how he shooke,..Stoynde and amazde at his owne shade for dreed. |
Hence † ˈstoyning vbl. n.
| 1594 Carew Tasso (1881) 44 So by your fame to fright, and stoyning brought Are Realmes about. |