corner ston
Middle English
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkɔrnər ˌstɔːn/, /kɔrˈneːr ˌstɔːn/
Noun
corner ston (plural corner-stonys)
- A cornerstone; a keystone.
- c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.), published c. 1410, Petre ·i· 2:6, page 111v, column 1; republished as Wycliffe's translation of the New Testament, Lichfield: Bill Endres, 2010:
- foꝛ which þing þe ſcripture ſeiþ / lo I ſchal ſette in ſyon þe hiȝeſt coꝛner ſtoo[n] [translating lapidem angularem] choſen ⁊ [pꝛe]ciouſe / ⁊ he þat ſchal bileue in hi[m] ſchal not be confou[n]dide
- Because Scripture says the following: "I'll lay the topmost cornerstone, chosen and precious, in Zion; anyone who believes in him will not be troubled."
- (figurative) A foundation on which something is built; an innovator.
Descendants
- English: cornerstone, corner-stone, corner stone
- Scots: cornerstane
References
- “corner-stōn, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-08.
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