stonen en · ADJ
Etymology
From Middle English stonen, alteration (due to stone) of earlier stenen, from Old English stǣnen (“stony; of stone, hard as stone; stone, made of stone, built of stone”), from Proto-West Germanic *stainīn, from Proto-Germanic *stainīnaz (“made of stone”), equivalent to stone + -en. Cognate with Dutch stenen (“stonen”), German Low German stenen (“stonen”), German steinen (“stonen”).
Meanings
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(archaic) Consisting or made of stone.
[…] And up these well-worn blocks of stone I came when I first ran alone, The stonen stairs beclimb'd the mound, Ere father put a foot to ground, […]
1869, William Barnes, Poems of rural life in common English:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most stonen | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more stonen | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Translations (7)
lb stengen (Made of stone) · de steinern (Made of stone) · de steinen (Made of stone) · pl kamienny (Made of stone) · ja 石製 (Made of stone) · nl stenen (Made of stone) · izh kiviin (Made of stone)