sthoan

Yola

Etymology 1

From Middle English ston, from Old English stān, from Proto-West Germanic *stain.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stɔːn/
• Homophone: sthoane (“to stand”)

Noun

sthoan

1. stone

Etymology 2

Verb

sthoan

1. Alternative form of sthoane (“to stand”)
   • 1867, OBSERVATIONS BY THE EDITOR:

     F. broan, eeloan, hoan, loan, sthoan, sthroan.

     E. brand, island, hand, land, stand, strand.

References

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 69 & 14