standing stonen.

Brit.

/ˈstandɪŋ stəʊn/, U.S.

/ˈstændɪŋ ˌstoʊn/

Forms: see standing adj. and stone n.; also Middle English standanstan (in Latin context), Middle English standenstan (in Latin context).

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: standing adj., stone n.

Etymology: < standing adj. + stone n. Compare longstone n. at long adj.¹ and n.¹ Compounds 4a.In early use apparently only attested in use with reference to specific standing stones as boundary markers in early charter bounds, frequently in a Latin context. Earlier currency is perhaps implied by the (11th-cent.) composition date of quot. c1261.

A tall upright monumental stone erected in prehistoric times esp. in Great Britain, Ireland, and north-western Europe; a menhir, monolith.On early use see etymological note.

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society > communication > record > memorial or monument > [noun] > structure or erection > stone

stone847

standing stone1180

longstone1651

hoar-stone1666

pillar-stone1723

lech1768

holed-stone1769

stela1776

bluestone1812

menhir1819

stele1820

monolith1836

tanist-stone1851

megalith1853

orthostat1909

1180 Charter (NRS GD55/111) in G. W. S. Barrow Acts of William I, King of Scots (1971) 275 & de pot usque ad standande stan.

c1261 ( Bounds (Sawyer 1165) in S. E. Kelly Charters of Chertsey Abbey (2015) 112 Of Cumore to þe stondinde stone.

c1350 (?c1250) in J. T. Fowler Chartularium Abbathiæ de Novo Monasterio (1878) 36 Et j acram versus le north de Standenstan.

c1450 Childhood Jesus (BL Add.) l. 842 in Archiv f. das Studium der Neueren Sprachen (1885) 74 338 In a Mownntayne he gane it hele Reghte in a standande stane.

1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) v. l. 298 He..left him thus besyde the standand stanys.

1601 in J. M. Thomson Registrum Magni Sigilli Scotorum (1890) VI. 391/2 Ane lang standand stane quhilk standis in direct line betuix the said Sadill-stane and the utter merche stane.

1814 W. Scott Diary 7 Aug. in J. G. Lockhart Mem. Life Scott (1837) III. iv. 158 Ride down the loch to Scalloway... Pass a huge standing stone, or pillar. Here, it is said, the son of an old Earl of the Orkneys met his fate.

1932 ‘L. G. Gibbon’ Sunset Song 283 There was the old circle of the Standing Stones.

2009 P. Carr-Gomm & R. Heygate Bk. Eng. Magic i. 14 England is strewn with standing stones and stone circles, holy wells, barrows and strange mounds known as ‘toots’ or ‘tumps’.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2022).

单词	standing stone
释义	standing stonen. Brit. /ˈstandɪŋ stəʊn/, U.S. /ˈstændɪŋ ˌstoʊn/ Forms: see standing adj. and stone n.; also Middle English standanstan (in Latin context), Middle English standenstan (in Latin context). Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: standing adj., stone n. Etymology: < standing adj. + stone n. Compare longstone n. at long adj.¹ and n.¹ Compounds 4a.In early use apparently only attested in use with reference to specific standing stones as boundary markers in early charter bounds, frequently in a Latin context. Earlier currency is perhaps implied by the (11th-cent.) composition date of quot. c1261. A tall upright monumental stone erected in prehistoric times esp. in Great Britain, Ireland, and north-western Europe; a menhir, monolith.On early use see etymological note. ΘΚΠ society > communication > record > memorial or monument > [noun] > structure or erection > stone stone847 standing stone1180 longstone1651 hoar-stone1666 pillar-stone1723 lech1768 holed-stone1769 stela1776 bluestone1812 menhir1819 stele1820 monolith1836 tanist-stone1851 megalith1853 orthostat1909 1180 Charter (NRS GD55/111) in G. W. S. Barrow Acts of William I, King of Scots (1971) 275 & de pot usque ad standande stan. c1261 ( Bounds (Sawyer 1165) in S. E. Kelly Charters of Chertsey Abbey (2015) 112 Of Cumore to þe stondinde stone. c1350 (?c1250) in J. T. Fowler Chartularium Abbathiæ de Novo Monasterio (1878) 36 Et j acram versus le north de Standenstan. c1450 Childhood Jesus (BL Add.) l. 842 in Archiv f. das Studium der Neueren Sprachen (1885) 74 338 In a Mownntayne he gane it hele Reghte in a standande stane. 1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) v. l. 298 He..left him thus besyde the standand stanys. 1601 in J. M. Thomson Registrum Magni Sigilli Scotorum (1890) VI. 391/2 Ane lang standand stane quhilk standis in direct line betuix the said Sadill-stane and the utter merche stane. 1814 W. Scott Diary 7 Aug. in J. G. Lockhart Mem. Life Scott (1837) III. iv. 158 Ride down the loch to Scalloway... Pass a huge standing stone, or pillar. Here, it is said, the son of an old Earl of the Orkneys met his fate. 1932 ‘L. G. Gibbon’ Sunset Song 283 There was the old circle of the Standing Stones. 2009 P. Carr-Gomm & R. Heygate Bk. Eng. Magic i. 14 England is strewn with standing stones and stone circles, holy wells, barrows and strange mounds known as ‘toots’ or ‘tumps’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2022). < n.1180
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