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tonner1 (c.1290)
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tonner1 (c.1290)

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touner  
  FEW:  *extonare *3,329b Gdf: ∅ GdfC: ∅ TL: ∅ DEAF:  tonner  DMF: ∅ TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED:  tounen v.  DMLBS: ∅

This verb may be an aphetic form of estoner1

v.intrans.

(of a limb) to go numb, be asleep: 
( c.1290; MS: 1307-25 )  Ore ne suffrez mon pee toune (M.E. slepeth)  BIBB ROTH (G) 588
( s.xivin; MS: 1382 )  F. dit moun pee tonne (M.E. my fote sleputh)  Nominale 8.209

[dd]

See also:

estoner1 
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