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Stound, Stund, v.¹ [ME stund- (c1250), stound- (Manning) to remain, stay; in the following sense only Sc. and mod. north. Eng. dial. (19th c. glossary); Stound n. 2.]

1. tr., lit. and fig. To inflict pain on, affect with pangs; to wound, hurt. a1508 Kennedy Pass. Christ 450.
All his body thai fret, Saris his senonis & stoundis all his wanis a1508 Kennedy Pass. Christ 595.
He vneais mycht stand apoun the ground His fell woundis sa sair his hert can stound a1658 Durham Scandal (1740) 46.
The hearing of a person's stumbling, ought to stound and will stound the heart of a sympathizing minister as if it were a fire in his bosom a1658 Durham Clavis Cantici 280.
The apprehension … pierceth and stoundeth her … to the heart c1705 Nimmo Narr. 46.
Albeit it stund me to travel on Sabboth yet [etc.]

2. intr., lit. and fig. To be painful; to smart, throb. Also with indirect object.(1) a1508 Kennedy Pass. Christ 747.
His blissit body, his nobill hert throw stoundis a1570-86 Dunb. in Maitl. F. 229/157.
And euery strok mak throw my hart to stound That euer did stryk thy fair flesche innocent 1513 Doug. x x 135.
The hyrnys … He rypyt with the swerd amyd hys cost So tyll hys hart stoundis the pryk of deth Arundel MS 255/1.
Reuth & marcy stoundis In myddis my hert, and thirlis throw the vanis a1568 Scott xiv 6.
Rycht so the bewty of my lady stoundis Outthroucht my breist, vnto my hairt redoundis a1605 Montg. Ch. & Slae 741 (Wr.).
His wounds yet, which stounds yet, He got them then through thee 1605-6 Welsh Forty-eight Serm. 319.
Their consciences stound with the very stings of reprobation(2) a1568 Bann. MS 31a/1.
My wofull hairt me stoundis throw the vanis

3. Of a person: To be afflicted with pains. 1660 Rothesay Par. Rec. 25.
After she rose [she] cuist her meat and could nether speak nor see but stounded constantly for the space of … three dayes and was pitifully tormented with ane open heid