stond

English

Alternative forms

• stound

Etymology

For stand.

Noun

stond (plural stonds)

1. (obsolete) An impediment, obstacle or hindrance
   • 1625, Francis [Bacon], “Of Studies”, in The Essayes […], 3rd edition, London: […] Iohn Haviland for Hanna Barret, →OCLC:

     Nay, there is no stond or impediment in the wit but may be wrought out by fit studies; like as diseases of the body may have appropriate exercises.

2. (obsolete) A stand (post, station).
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto VI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:

     when he saw the Damsell passe away,
     He left his stond, and her pursewd apace

References

• “stond”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• don't's, don'ts

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stɔnt/
• Hyphenation: stond
• Rhymes: -ɔnt

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch stonde, from Old Dutch stunda (“time, while”), from Proto-West Germanic *stundu, from Proto-Germanic *stundō (“time, while”). More at English stound, German Stunde, Low German Stünn.

Noun

stond m or f (plural stonden, diminutive stondje n) (dated)

1. time; point in time, moment
2. age, epoch
3. hour

Synonyms

• (chronology): uur

Derived terms

• aanstonds
• avondstond
• doodsstond
• kortstondig
• middagstond
• morgenstond
• noenestond
• ochtendstond
• schemerstond
• terstond

Descendants

• Afrikaans: stonde

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

stond

1. singular past indicative of staan

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stond/

Verb

stond

1. singular imperative of stondan