sthoan

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Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

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