ston
Middle English
Etymology
Inherited from Old English stān, from Proto-West Germanic *stain, from Proto-Germanic *stainaz.
Pronunciation
- (Early ME, Northern ME) IPA(key): /stɑːn/
- IPA(key): /stɔːn/
- Rhymes: -ɔːn
Noun
ston (plural stones or ston or (early, rare) stonen)
- A stone, boulder, or pebble:
- c. 1275, Judas (Roud 2964, Child Ballad 23, Trinity College MS. B.14.39), folio 34, recto, lines 15-16; republished at Cambridge: Wren Digital Library (Trinity College), 2019 May 29:
- Iudaſ go þou on þe roc heie upon the ſton / lei þin heued i my barm, ſlep þou þe anon
- "Judas, get up on the rock, high on the stone, / rest your head on my lap and fall asleep right away!"
- c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.), published c. 1410, Apocalips 6:16, page 119v, column 1; republished as Wycliffe's translation of the New Testament, Lichfield: Bill Endres, 2010:
- .· ⁊ þei ſeien to hillis and to ſtoonys falle ȝe on us ⁊ hide ȝe vs fro þe face of hi[m] þat ſittiþ on the troone.· ⁊ fro þe wraþþe of þe lomb ·
- And they said to hills and rocks: "Fall on us and hide us from the face of the one that sits on the throne and from the wrath of the lamb […] "
- A solid mass resembling stone, especially:
- Stone as a material (especially in construction)
- A stone structure or monument, especially a tomb or tombstone.
- A stone (unit of mass)
Related terms
Descendants
References
- “stōn, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-05.
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Volapük
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ston/
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