"astonen" meaning in Middle English

See astonen in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /aˈstunən/
Etymology: Likely a back-formation from astoned, either a partial calque of Old French estoné (“stunned”), the past participle of estoner (“to stun”), with the Old French participial suffix -é replaced with -ed and prefixed with a- or less likely, a partial calque of an unattested *astoné, *atoné; compare Middle French attoné (“shaken”) and Orléanais attoner (“to be worried, to want to know”). By surface analysis, a- + stonen (“to stun”). Etymology templates: {{back-formation|enm|astoned|nocap=1}} back-formation from astoned, {{partial calque|enm|fro|estoné|nocap=1|nocat=1|t=stunned}} partial calque of Old French estoné (“stunned”), {{glossary|partial calque}} partial calque, {{cog|frm|attoné|t=shaken}} Middle French attoné (“shaken”), {{cog|roa-orl|attoner|t=to be worried, to want to know}} Orléanais attoner (“to be worried, to want to know”), {{surf|enm|a-|stonen|id2=to stun|t2=to stun}} By surface analysis, a- + stonen (“to stun”) Head templates: {{head|enm|verb|head=}} astonen, {{enm-verb|stem=aston}} astonen (third-person singular simple present astoneth, present participle astonende, astonynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle astoned), {{tlb|enm|uncommon}} (uncommon) Inflection templates: {{enm-conj-wk|ston|pf=a}} Forms: astoneth [present, singular, third-person], astonende [participle, present], astonynge [participle, present], astoned [first-person, indicative, participle, past, singular, third-person], no-table-tags [table-tags], astonen [infinitive], to astonen [infinitive], astone [infinitive], astone [first-person, present, singular], astoned [first-person, past, singular], astonest [present, second-person, singular], astonedest [past, second-person, singular], astoneth [present, singular, third-person], astoned [past, singular, third-person], astone [present, singular, subjunctive], astoned [past, singular, subjunctive], astone [imperative, present, singular], - [imperative, past, singular], astonen [plural, present], astone [plural, present], astoneden [past, plural], astonede [past, plural], astoneth [imperative, plural, present], astone [imperative, plural, present], - [imperative, past, plural], astonynge [participle, present], astonende [participle, present], astoned [participle, past], astone [alternative], a-stonen [alternative], astoynyn [alternative], astonie [alternative, Kent]
  1. To stun, daze; to subject to stupefaction. Tags: uncommon
    Sense id: en-astonen-enm-verb-8eKslQMM Categories (other): Middle English back-formations, Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English terms prefixed with a-, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Emotions Disambiguation of Middle English back-formations: 46 21 33 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 63 15 22 Disambiguation of Middle English terms prefixed with a-: 48 21 31 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 44 22 34 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 71 12 17 Disambiguation of Emotions: 94 6 0
  2. To astonish or surprise. Tags: uncommon
    Sense id: en-astonen-enm-verb-qiJVecx3
  3. To strike a blow (with a weapon). Tags: uncommon
    Sense id: en-astonen-enm-verb-G8ibKZsj Categories (other): Violence Disambiguation of Violence: 28 29 43
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: astoneyen
Categories (other): Mind Disambiguation of Mind: 0 0 0

Alternative forms

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      "form": "astonie",
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        "2": "uncommon"
      },
      "expansion": "(uncommon)",
      "name": "tlb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ston",
        "pf": "a"
      },
      "name": "enm-conj-wk"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "astoneyen"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To stun, daze; to subject to stupefaction."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "stun",
          "stun"
        ],
        [
          "daze",
          "daze"
        ],
        [
          "subject",
          "subject"
        ],
        [
          "stupefaction",
          "stupefaction"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncommon"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To astonish or surprise."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "astonish",
          "astonish"
        ],
        [
          "surprise",
          "surprise"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncommon"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To strike a blow (with a weapon)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "strike",
          "strike"
        ],
        [
          "blow",
          "blow"
        ],
        [
          "weapon",
          "weapon#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncommon"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/aˈstunən/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "astonen"
}

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