See also: Ston, støn, stön, Stoń, stón, and stōn

Middle English

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old English stān, from Proto-West Germanic *stain, from Proto-Germanic *stainaz.

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ston (plural stones or ston or (early, rare) stonen)

  1. A stone, boulder, or pebble:
    • c. 1275, Judas (Roud 2964, Child Ballad 23, Trinity College MS. B.14.39)‎[1], folio 34, recto, lines 15-16; republished at Cambridge: Wren Digital Library (Trinity College), 2019 May 29:
      Iudaſ go þou on þe roc heie upon the ſton / lei þin heued i my barm, ſlep þou þe anon
      "Judas, get up on the rock, high on the stone, / rest your head on my lap and fall asleep right away!"
    • c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.)‎[2], published c. 1410, Apocalips 6:16, page 119v, column 1; republished as Wycliffe's translation of the New Testament, Lichfield: Bill Endres, 2010:
      .· ⁊ þei ſeien to hillis and to ſtoonys falle ȝe on us ⁊ hide ȝe vs fro þe face of hi[m] þat ſittiþ on the troone.· ⁊ fro þe wraþþe of þe lomb ·
      And they said to hills and rocks: "Fall on us and hide us from the face of the one that sits on the throne and from the wrath of the lamb [] "
    1. A millstone or whetstone.
    2. A pebble used in a slingshot.
  2. A solid mass resembling stone, especially:
    1. A piece of hail, a hailstone.
    2. A kidney stone or gallstone.
    3. A pit; the hard seed of a fruit.
    4. A jewel or precious crystal
    5. (colloquial) A testicle.
  3. Stone as a material (especially in construction)
  4. A stone structure or monument, especially a tomb or tombstone.
  5. A stone (unit of mass)
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Descendants

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  • English: stone (see there for further descendants)
  • Geordie English: styen
  • Scots: stane
  • Yola: sthoan
  • Anglo-Norman: ston

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Sranan Tongo

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Ston

Etymology

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From English stone.

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ston

  1. stone

Swedish

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ston

  1. indefinite plural of sto

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Tok Pisin

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Etymology

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From English stone.

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ston

  1. stone
    • 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 2:12:
      Long kantri Havila i gat gutpela gol, na i gat wanpela kain diwai, blut bilong en i gat gutpela smel. Na i gat wanpela kain ston i dai tumas, em ol i save kolim kanilian.
      →New International Version translation

Volapük

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ston (nominative plural stons)

  1. stone

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