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astony, v. arch.|əˈstɒnɪ|
Forms: 3 astoney, 3–5 astonie, -ye, 6 astunnye, 6– astony.
[A variant of astone, of difficult explanation; perh. the ending is due to OF. pa. pple. estoné, estonné. The instance in the Ayenbite may be only the inf. in -ie of astone: it has pr. tense aston-eth.]
1. trans. = astone; to stun, paralyse, astound, amaze.
1340Ayenb. 126 Hou it ssolde ous ssende and astonie. Ibid. 257. c1375Wyclif Serm. Sel. Wks. 1871 II. 113 Þes wordis astonyeden hem. 1386Chaucer Clerk's T. 260 This soden cas this man astonyed so [So 2 MSS.; astoneyd—l, astoned—3]. 1388Wyclif Isa. xxi. 4 Myn herte fadide, derknessis astonieden me [1382 dercnesses stoneid maden me]. 1401Pol. Poems (1859) II. 51 With her sterne stounes [they will] astonye al the erthe. 1526Tindale Matt. xxviii. 4 The kepers were astunnyed. 1557K. Arthur (Copland) i. xvi, A myghty stroke upon the helme whyche astonyed hym sore. 1593Nashe Christes Teares (1613) 10 O Ierusalem..that stonest, and astoniest thy Prophets with thy peruersnesse. 1646H. Lawrence Comm. & Warre w. Angels, His word was with power, which astonied the auditours. [Later instances, see astonied.]
2. intr. (? or absol.) (Cf. astone 5.) rare.
1850Mrs. Browning Poems I. 195 She stares at the wound where it gapes and astonies. [A rhyme to Adonis.] |