(a) To be astonished or amazed; be amazed (at sb. or sth.); be bewildered, be stupefied; be held motionless from mental shock; ~ in wit, be too stunned (to speak); ppl. stoninge, amazed, being amazed; (b) to astonish (sb., an animal), amaze; bewilder (sb., the mind, etc.), perplex; hold (sb.) fixed in mental shock; (c) ben stoned, to be astonished, be amazed; be bewildered, be confounded; also, be driven mad [1st quot.]; ?be embarrassed [quot. a1500 Partenay]; maken stoned, amaze (sb); ppl. stoned, stupefied; (d) to become frightened or dismayed; dismay (sb.), cause to become downcast; ppl. stoninge, fearing; -- ?error for shoninge, ppl. of shonen v. 3.(a); ppl. stoned, dismayed; frightened.

(a) Of a person, the head: to be stunned or staggered by a blow; of a blow: stun someone; (b) to stun (sb., the brain) with a blow, missile, fall, etc.; assault (troops, an army) with stunning force; of a bolt of heavenly light: stun (sb.), strike (sb.) insensible; (c) ben stoned, to be stunned by a blow, fall, etc.; be beaten or crushed in battle; of a sinew or nerve: be crushed or lacerated (by a blow or fall); ben stoned to ded, ben stoned stark ded, be knocked unconscious and killed; ppl. stoned, stunned; knocked unconscious; (d) to inflict pain on (sb.), cause to suffer; (e) ~ on, of a door: to crash against (a wall); (f) to smash (sth.), break; (g) ben stoned, of lightning: to strike, flash; of a spark: be struck, shoot out; (h) to make a noise like thunder; of the earth: ?be shaken; ?resound.

(a) To deprive a part of the body of feeling or movement, cause bodily numbness or insensibility; (b) to cause (the body, a part of the body) to become numb or unfeeling; also in fig. context [quot. a1450]; also, impair the functioning of (sb., a part of the body); dull (the wits); (c) ~ weri, to cause (a horse) to be exhausted or incapacitated.

(a) Of the teeth: to be set on edge, be clenched together; ppl. stoned, clenched, set on edge; (b) ppl. stoned as adj.; of the eyes: fixed, staring.