"stound" meaning in Middle English

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Adverb

Etymology: From Old English stund (“a period of time, while, hour, occasion”), from Proto-Germanic *stundō (“point in time, hour”). Etymology templates: {{inh|enm|ang|stund||a period of time, while, hour, occasion}} Old English stund (“a period of time, while, hour, occasion”), {{inh|enm|gem-pro|*stundō||point in time, hour}} Proto-Germanic *stundō (“point in time, hour”) Head templates: {{head|enm|adverb}} stound
  1. A while: for a short span of time.
    Sense id: en-stound-enm-adv-2Iumue73
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: stounde, stounte, stowunde, stund, stunde, stunt, stonde, stont, stonte, stunden

Noun

Etymology: From Old English stund (“a period of time, while, hour, occasion”), from Proto-Germanic *stundō (“point in time, hour”). Etymology templates: {{inh|enm|ang|stund||a period of time, while, hour, occasion}} Old English stund (“a period of time, while, hour, occasion”), {{inh|enm|gem-pro|*stundō||point in time, hour}} Proto-Germanic *stundō (“point in time, hour”) Head templates: {{head|enm|noun}} stound
  1. A while: a short span of time.
    Sense id: en-stound-enm-noun-ovi64emo
  2. Time, especially the proper time for doing something:
    A moment, a chance, an opportunity.
    Sense id: en-stound-enm-noun-NZL6tK7e Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 1 1 20 20 20 20 20
  3. Time, especially the proper time for doing something:
    A season of the year.
    Sense id: en-stound-enm-noun-E1xNQ20i Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 1 1 20 20 20 20 20
  4. Time, especially the proper time for doing something:
    A canonical hour: one of the 3-hour divisions of the day, (Christianity) its divine office.
    Categories (topical): Christianity
    Sense id: en-stound-enm-noun-jYij0Fky Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 1 1 20 20 20 20 20
  5. Time, especially the proper time for doing something:
    An hour: one of the 24 divisions of the day.
    Sense id: en-stound-enm-noun-5xr9fsou Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 1 1 20 20 20 20 20
  6. Time, especially the proper time for doing something:
    Sense id: en-stound-enm-noun-aNAWGtZ6 Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 1 1 20 20 20 20 20
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: stounde, stounte, stowunde, stund, stunde, stunt, stonde, stont, stonte, stunden

Alternative forms

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      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A while: for a short span of time."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "while",
          "while"
        ],
        [
          "short",
          "short"
        ],
        [
          "span",
          "span"
        ],
        [
          "time",
          "time"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "stounde"
    },
    {
      "word": "stounte"
    },
    {
      "word": "stowunde"
    },
    {
      "word": "stund"
    },
    {
      "word": "stunde"
    },
    {
      "word": "stunt"
    },
    {
      "word": "stonde"
    },
    {
      "word": "stont"
    },
    {
      "word": "stonte"
    },
    {
      "word": "stunden"
    }
  ],
  "word": "stound"
}
{
  "called_from": "page/1498/20230118",
  "msg": "''Time, especially the proper ti'[...]' gloss has examples we want to keep, but there are subglosses.",
  "path": [
    "stound"
  ],
  "section": "Middle English",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "stound",
  "trace": ""
}

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