stound
To stop to listen; pauseTo stop to listen; pause.
Meaning
5 senses(UK, dialectal, intransitive)To stop to listen; pause.
(dialectal, intransitive, obsolete)To hurt, pain, smart.
(dialectal, intransitive, obsolete)To be in pain or sorrow, mourn.
(dialectal, intransitive, obsolete)To long or pine after, desire.
(intransitive, obsolete)To stand still; stop.
Origin
From Middle English stond, stounde, stound (“hour, time, season, moment”), from Old EnglisFrom Middle English stond, stounde, stound (“hour, time, season, moment”), from Old English stund (“a period of time, while, hour, occasion”), from Proto-West Germanic *stundu, from Proto-Germanic *stundō (“point in time, hour”), from Proto-Indo-European *stut- (“prop”), from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- (“to stand”).
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.
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Forms
stounds, stounding, stounded, stoundedLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle