stounde

Middle English

Noun

stounde

1. alternative form of stound: various spans of time
   • 2008 January 1 [c. 14th century CE], Geoffrey Chaucer, edited by Walter William Skeat, Complete Works of Geoffrey Chaucer, volume 1, Cosimo, Inc.,, →ISBN, The Minor Poems, V. The Parlement of Foules, page 340, line 142:

     Thise vers of gold and blak y-writen were,
     The whiche I gan a stounde to beholde,
     For with that oon encresed ay my fere,
     And with that other gan myn herte bolde ;
     That oon me hette, that other did me colde,
     No wit had I, for errour, for to chese,
     To entre or flee, or me to save or lese.

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Saterland Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian stonda, from Proto-West Germanic *standan. Cognates include English stand and dialectal German standen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstoːu̯ndə/
• Hyphenation: stoun‧de
• Rhymes: -oːu̯ndə

Verb

stounde

1. (intransitive) to stand
2. (intransitive) to be (placed, located)

Conjugation

Conjugation of stounde (irregular)

grúundfoarme		stounde
infinitive		tou stounden
		present	past
singular	iek	stounde	stuud, stude
	du	stoanst	stuust
	hie/ju/dät	stoant	stuud, stude
plural		stounde	studen
		imperative
singular		blieuw stounden
plural		blieuwet stounden
		present	past
participle		stoundend	steen
auxiliary verb		—	häbe

Derived terms

• ferstounde
• uutstounde

References

• Marron C. Fort (2015), “stounde”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN