Middle English Dictionary Entry
stǒning(e ger.(2)
Entry Info
| Forms | stǒning(e ger.(2) Also stonning, stoneiinge, stouning, stunning(e & (error) stoneþyng. |
| Etymology |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Astonishment, amazement; a state of amazement; (b) fear, consternation, dismay; a state of consternation, state of fear [2nd quot.]; (c) the disablement of mental faculties; a state of stupefaction; also, pathological mental disorientation [last quot.]; (d) a fit of madness; (e) a wonder, an object of astonishment; (f) ?disturbing, bothering.
Associated quotations
a
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Gen.27.33 : Ysaac wex adred in a hydouse stonying [WB(2): astonying; L stupore] & more þann it may be leuyd woundryng, seiþ, 'who þann is he þat now riȝt brouȝte to me huntyng taken?'
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Mark 5.42 : Anon the wenche roos and walkide..And thei weren abaischt with greet stoneyinge.
- a1425(c1395) WBible(2) (Roy 1.C.8)Deeds 3.10 : Al the puple sai hym [a lame beggar] walkinge..And thei weren fillid with wondryng and stoniynge [WB(1): exstasie; L extasi] in that thing that byfelde to hym.
- a1450 St.Kath.(3) (Richardson 44)40 : Of þis mayden ys al a noþer reson in whom..noo lyuyng man speketh bot þe spirit of god whiche hath turned vs alle in suche stonyynge.
- c1450(a1400) Orolog.Sap.(Dc 114)379/1 : But what-tyme I bigynne to..brynge to my mynde þe, þat arte souereyn god..ffor passynge wonder & stoniynge of mynde I haue no more spirite, but..I am greetly reioyced.
- c1450 Capgr.St.Kath.(Arun 396)3.407 : Wyth this same stoynenge hir blood gan to renne Meche more freshere.
b
- c1350(a1333) Shoreham Poems (Add 17376)34/954 : Þer-fore þy schryfte, man, schel be Wyþ-oute stoneynge, Myd herte loȝ.
- c1425 Found.St.Barth.50/9 : The neyghborys were gaderyd all abowte..for the novelte of suche a dede, And all the peple were turnyd yn-to A stonyynge and an horror.
- (1440) Capgr.St.Norb.(Hnt HM 55)248 : Where felle a caas of stoynyng & of tene Vnto him..Afftir sacry..A ereyn dropped..The chalis onkewred..waas, In he felle.
c
- a1425 Daniel *Treat.Uroscopy (Wel 225)348/5222 : Þe litarge is a stonyinge o þe brayns with forȝetylhed & with gret excess of sclepynge.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)68b/b : Þe reson is loste if þe wonde be in þe forþer partiez; In þe hynder partiez, þe memory; And with þe forsaid accidentez þer is stupor, i. stounyng &..madnez.
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Merlin (Corp-C 80)23744 : At the erthe the strok hit stynt, which be the helm cam down glydyng, where-offen þe jeaunt hadde gret Stonyng.
- a1450 Diseases Women(2) (Sln 2463)62 : They haue þe scotamie with grete stoneyng in the brayne, & wenen þat all thyng tornyth vp so downe.
d
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)80b/b : Oure lord schal smyte þee wiþ woodnes & lost of witte & of mynde, & wiþ stonynges, et cetera.
e
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Judith 10.14 : Þei beheelden hir face, & she was in þer eȝen stoneynge [WB(2): wondryng was in her iȝen; L erat in oculis eorum stupor], for þei merueyleden ful myche þe fairnesse of hir.
- a1500 Partenay (Trin-C R.3.17)1230 : In hys iaw bare A hurt ful of pain Off A lyon..To hym A gret stonyng was it verily To moche skin grow, A long seme cutting.
f
- ?c1450 in Aungier Syon Mon.354 : Yf the hyghe mas be bygon, they schalle synge Ab inimicis altogyder..withe oute the chirche, for stonyeng of the preste at auter.
2.
Physiol. or pathol. Paralysis or cramping of a limb, tendon, etc.; loss of feeling, numbness; also, an attack of paralysis or numbness.
Associated quotations
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)81b/a : Stupor is comelinge & stonynge of lymes & crokynge of þe vttir parties of þe body for coolde, so þat hit semeþ þat þe lymes schrinkeþ & slepiþ.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)214b/a : Anetum y-sode wiþ oyle relesseþ schrynkyng and stoneynge of senewes [L rigorem neruorum], & helpeþ in many oþir passiouns.
- a1425 Daniel *Treat.Uroscopy (Wel 225)448/1618 : Þe palsy is dissolucion..a stonyinge & a dryynge of synewes.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)58b/a : Þis [first course of treatment] is comon to þise sikenez, viz. to peralisy, to spasme, trembling, stunnyng, & wraistyng.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)101b/a : Bone of þe haunche is seldom broken..somtyme it is impelled or put to þe wombe, And þer falleþ þerfor akyng & stonnyng in þe thie; And of þat foloweþ slepyng or mynushyng in þe thies.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)105b/b : Of foule colour of teþ, Of stounyng [Ch.(4): stunnynge; L vr. stupore] & congelacioun of teþ, Of eradicacioun of teþe.
- a1450 Chauliac(4) (Cai 336/725)30/1 : Þe 5 co. Is of fal & stonynge & submercioun, for of brusynge is seid in þe chapitris of woundis.
- ?a1450 Macer (Stockh Med.10.91)179 : Þis wole also hele þe stonyng [vrr. stoneþyng, stunnyng] of þe lemys.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. stonying.