stound

Betekenis

Noun

A stand; a stop.

Verb

1. (obsolete) To hurt, pain, smart.
2. (obsolete) To be in pain or sorrow, mourn.
3. (obsolete) To long or pine after, desire.

Verb

1. (obsolete) To stand still; stop.
2. To stop to listen; pause.

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/staʊnd/

Etimologie

From Middle English stounden, stunden (“to linger, stay, remain for a while”), from Old English *stundian, from Proto-West Germanic *stundōn, from Proto-Germanic *stundōną. Cognate with German stunden (“to defer payment, give time to pay”), Icelandic stunda (“to frequent, pursue”). More at stand.