v. Obs. [var. of STORY v.; the form has not been satisfactorily accounted for. Cf. astoyned var. of ASTONIED ppl. a.] a. trans. To stun with a blow or with a shock of amazement, fear, and the like. Chiefly pass. b. intr. To be stunned.
c. 1400. Destr. Troy, 7431. Ector, for þe stithe stroke stoynyt no thyng.
c. 1450. Capgrave, S. Kath., Prol. 109. Þe preest is stoyned as thow he turned wer. New ioye, new thowte had he than þere! Ibid., 1837. Thei sey hir resons and hir grete euydens Whiche stoyned the clerkis alle tho ben there. Ibid. (1460), Chron. (Rolls), 124. There cam a wind, and brast the dores ope with swech a violens that thei stoyned on the walle.
1555. Phaër, Æneid, II. (1558), F ij. I stoynyd, and my heare vpstood, my mouth for feare was fast.
1563. Sackville, Induct. Mirr. Mag., xxxiv. Next sawe we Dread al tremblyng how he shooke,… Stoynde and amazde at his owne shade for dreed.
Hence † Stoyning vbl. sb.
1594. Carew, Tasso (1881), 44. So by your fame to fright, and stoyning brought Are Realmes about.
