Definitions For Stound

Adverb

A while: for a short span of time.

Noun

A while: a short span of time. time, time, especially the proper time for doing something: A moment, a chance, an opportunity. A season of the year. A canonical hour: one of the 3-hour divisions of the day, (Christianity) its divine office. An hour: one of the 24 divisions of the day.

Descendants

Etymology 1

From Middle English stond, stounde, stound, t=hour, time, season, moment, from , from , from , from . Cognate with , , , and . Compare , . Related to stand.

Alternative forms

Noun

STOUND (plural STOUNDs) (chronology, obsolete, or, dialectal) An hour, hour. (obsolete) A tide, season. : (Chaucer) (archaic, or, dialectal) A time, length of time, hour, while. (archaic, or, dialectal) A brief span of time, moment, instant. :Listen to me a little stound. A moment or instance of urgency; exigence. (dialectal) A sharp or sudden pain; a shock, an attack. A stroke or blow (from an object or weapon); (by extension) a lashing; scourging A fit, an episode or sudden outburst of emotion; a rush. astonishment, astonishment; amazement. : (Edmund Spenser) : (John Gay)

Derived terms

ill stound in a stound stoundmeal umbestound umstound upon a stound

Translations

Russian: срочность, f

Verb

(obsolete, or, dialectal, intransitive) To hurt, pain, smart. (obsolete, or, dialectal, intransitive) To be in pain or sorrow, mourn. (obsolete, or, dialectal, intransitive) To long or pine after, desire.

Etymology 2

From . Cognate with . More at stand.

Verb

(intransitive, obsolete) To stand still; stop. (intransitive, UK, _, dialectal) To stop to listen; pause.

Noun

STOUND (plural STOUNDs) (UK, _, dialectal) A stand; a stop.

Etymology 3

From Middle English stound, stonde, stoonde, ston, from . Compare stand.

Noun

STOUND (plural STOUNDs) A receptacle for holding small beer.

Anagrams

Dutson, donuts, stunod

Middle English

Alternative forms

, , , , , , , , ,

Etymology

From , from .