# stound

> English word · Noun · IPA /staʊnd/

## Definitions
1. An hour.
2. A tide, season.
3. A time, length of time, hour, while.
4. A brief span of time, moment, instant.
5. A moment or instance of urgency; exigence.
6. A sharp or sudden pain; a shock, an attack.
7. A stroke or blow (from an object or weapon); (by extension) a lashing; scourging
8. A fit, an episode or sudden outburst of emotion; a rush.
9. Astonishment; amazement.

## Etymology
From Middle English stond, stounde, stound (“hour, time, season, moment”), from Old English stund (“a period of time, while, hour, occasion”), from Proto-West Germanic *stundu, from Proto-Germanic *stundō (“point in time, hour”), from Proto-Indo-European *stut- (“prop”), from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- (“to stand”).
Cognate with Scots stound (“while, period of time, moment, sudden pain, pang, stroke, blow”), dated Dutch stond (“hour, time, moment”), Low German Stund (“hour”), German Stunde (“hour”), Danish stund (“time, while”), and Swedish stund (“time, while”). Compare Middle English stunden (“to linger, stay, remain for a while”), Icelandic stunda (“to frequent, pursue”). Related to stand.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/stound