astun

t. [Eng. a; stun. In A.S. astunian = to astound.] To stun. [ASTOUND, STUN.] "He fell rebounding; breathle and astunned , His trunk extended lay." Somerville: Rural Games, c. ii, • a-stund'e, adv. [Pref. a- = on, for; A.S. stund = a moment, time.] [ASTUNTE.] For a time. "Bothe in boskes and in bank, Isout me hauet astunde ." A Song on the Pa ion (ed. Morris), 13, 14. *a-stunt'e, pret. of verb. [A.S. a stint an = to stop.] Stood, remained. [ASTINT.] "The barons astunte without toun beside, And vaire sende unto the toun to the king hor sonde, That he olle, vor Gode's loue, him bet vnderstonde." Robert of Gloucester's Chronicle, p. 546. ( Boucher .) IMG:content-0845.jpg:[blocks in formation] *a-sturt'e, pret. of verb. [ASTART.] Started. "Mid thine valse co e thu trayest monnes sune. The Gywes vp asturte that leyen in the grunde." The Pa ion of Our Lord (ed. Morris), 194-5.