NUMB, NUMBED, NUMBNESS
ADJECTIVES
► AFOUNDED of a person: numb or stiff with cold → c1460 obs.
► AFOUNDERED exhausted; lame; also, numb → a1425 obs.
► DEAF numb, without sensation → a1500 obs.
► DUNCH cramped or numbed from sitting in one position for too long → 1956 Newfoundland usage
► DUNT stupefied, numbed, dazed; stupid, foolish, dizzy, muddle-headed → 1787 Eng. dial.
NOUNS
► DORMITATION numbness; loss of sensibility → 1543 obs.
► GWENDERS a disagreeable tingling sensation in the extremities, caused by cold; numbness of the fingers or toes → 1816 Eng. dial. (Cornwall) [in some parts of Cornwall it is pronounced ‘wonders’]
VERBS
► AFOUND to become numb or stiff with cold → a1500 obs.
► BLAE to numb → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► TABETLESS ► TEBBITLESS ► TEPPITLESS ► TIBITLESS without feeling; destitute of sensation, numb, benumbed → 1768 Sc.