astony

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astony

/əˈstɒni/ UK

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From Middle English astoneyen, astony, a back-formation from astoneyed, from a- + Old French estoné (“stunned”), the past participle of estoner (“to stun”) + -ed (participial suffix). See also astone, astonish.

verb astonies · astonying · astonied · astonie

obsolete, transitive To astound; to paralyse, to stun. thenne Brastias sawe his felawe ferd so with al / he smote the duke with a spere that hors & man fell doune / that sawe kyng Claryaunce and retorned vnto Brastias / and eyther smote other soo that hors & man wente to the erthe / and so they lay long astonyed / & their hors knees brast to the hard bo

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@misc{astony_2026,
  title = {astony},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/astony},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}