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Ston(a)y, v. Also: stunay. P.t. also stoneit. P.p. also stonayt, -ait. [ME and e.m.E. stoney(e)d p.p. (Manning), stony-, stunay (Rolle), stuny (c1400). Cf. Astonait p.p. and Stonis v.] tr.

1. To shock, (take by) surprise, strike fear into (another); to daunt, discomfit, dismay.pres. 1375 Barb. i 299.
Thair wes nane auentur that mocht Stunay hys hart
?1438 Alex. i 1349.
Se my neuoy, how he stonayis Ȝon Gaderanes
?1438 Alex. i 2788.
Stony
a1500 Gol. & Gaw. 831.
Quhen he is stuffit, thair strike, … Sa sal ye stonay yone stowt, suppose he be strang
p.t. 1375 Barb. x 788
Hys fayis gretly stonayit he For he fled neuer for force off fycht
1375 Barb. xvi 495
He stonayit … ten thousand … With fifty armyt men
?1438 Alex. i 907.
Ane that was of maist bounte … at thare first meting Was slane … That stoneit thame gretlie that day
p.p. 1375 Barb. iii 165.
For ȝone knycht … has … stonayit all our mengȝe swa That eftyr him dar na man ga
1375 Barb. vi 257.
And aucht men tharwith has he slane, And sua stonait the remanand, That thai war weill neir recryand
1375 Barb. ix 537.
Throu [his] cheuelrous cheuelry Gallovay wes stonayit gretumly
a1500 Gol. & Gaw. 821.
Be he stonayt, yone sterne, stout beis his stevin

2. To stupefy with a blow, stun; to hurt, wound. ?1438 Alex. i 1858.
Thocht that Betys helm of steill Was gude and sicker, … He all to-fruschit it with that dint, That stonyit Betys quhill … to the erd he ȝeid
?1438 Alex. i 3009.
‘Ȝe are stonyit,' said Tholomere, ‘I se ȝow bleid on seir manere'
a1500 Gol. & Gaw. 625.
Thair stedis … stude stummerand, Al to-stiffillit and stonayt, the strakis war sa strang

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