stound

Meanings

Noun

• An hour.
• A tide, season.
• A time, length of time, hour, while.
• A brief span of time, moment, instant.
• A moment or instance of urgency; exigence.
• A sharp or sudden pain; a shock, an attack.
• A stroke or blow (from an object or weapon); a lashing; scourging
• A fit, an episode or sudden outburst of emotion; a rush.
• Astonishment; amazement.
• A stand; a stop.
• A receptacle for holding small beer.

Verb

• To hurt, pain, smart.
• To be in pain or sorrow, mourn.
• To long or pine after, desire.
• To stand still; stop.
• To stop to listen; pause.

Origin

• From Middle English stond, stounde, stound, from Old English stund, from Proto-West Germanic *stundu, from Proto-Germanic *stundō, from Proto-Indo-European *stut-, from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-. Cognate with Dutch stond, German Stunde, Danish stund ("time, while"), and Swedish stund. Compare Middle English stunden, Icelandic stunda. Related to stand.
• From Middle English stunden ("to linger, stay, remain for a while"). Cognate with Icelandic stunda ("to frequent, pursue"). More at stand.
• From Middle English stound, stonde, stoonde, ston, from Old English stond ("a stand"). Compare stand.