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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).
a900O.E. Martyrol. 15 May 82 God sealde..his bebodu..on twam stænenum bredum. c1205Lay. 9241, & al abuten ouer al he makede stænene wal. Ibid. 12424 ænne strongne stanene wal. Ibid. 14227 Þer uppe stenene [1275 stonene] wal. a1225Ancr. R. 378 Ineiled o rode, and ine stonene þruh biclused. 1388Wyclif 2 Cor. iii. 3 Writun..not in stony [v.r. stonen] tablis, but in fleischli tablis of herte. c1400Apol. Loll. 90 Þe heþun men had sex kyndis of similacris, cleyen, treen, brasun, stonun, silueren, & golden. c1450Brut 404 Grete houngir brekithe herd stonen wall yn hir grete nede. 1528in Phillipps Wills (c 1830) 106 My great stonyn trough. 1643in N. & Q. 5th Ser. VIII. 497/1 He pulled down a stoneing cross. 1879Farrar 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.
971Blickl. Hom. 105 Hie wæron stænenre heortan & blindre. 1430–40Lydg. 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).
c1000Ags. Gosp. John ii. 6 Þær wæron soðlice aset six stænene [c 1160 Hatton stenene] wæter-fatu. c1200Ormin 14029 Sexe stanene fetless. c1440Promp. Parv. 477/1 Stonyn pott or oþer wessel. |