"styng" meaning in Old English

See styng in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Etymology: Probably from Proto-West Germanic *stungi, from Proto-Germanic *stungiz. Less likely, a spelling variant of sting, from Proto-West Germanic *sting, from Proto-Germanic *stingaz. Either way, from the root of stingan. Etymology templates: {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*stungi}} Proto-West Germanic *stungi, {{inh|ang|gem-pro|*stungiz}} Proto-Germanic *stungiz, {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*sting}} Proto-West Germanic *sting, {{inh|ang|gem-pro|*stingaz}} Proto-Germanic *stingaz Head templates: {{ang-noun|m|head=stynġ, styng}} stynġ, styng m Inflection templates: {{ang-decl-noun-i-m|stynġ}}, {{ang-decl-noun|stynġ|stynġas|stynġ|stynġas|stynġes|stynġa|stynġe|stynġum|num=|title=|type=strong i-stem}}, {{ang-decl-noun-a-m|styng}}, {{ang-decl-noun|styng|styngas|styng|styngas|stynges|stynga|stynge|styngum|num=|title=|type=strong a-stem}} Forms: stynġ [canonical], styng [canonical, masculine], no-table-tags [table-tags], stynġ [nominative, singular], stynġas [nominative, plural], stynġ [accusative, singular], stynġas [accusative, plural], stynġes [genitive, singular], stynġa [genitive, plural], stynġe [dative, singular], stynġum [dative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], styng [nominative, singular], styngas [nominative, plural], styng [accusative, singular], styngas [accusative, plural], stynges [genitive, singular], stynga [genitive, plural], stynge [dative, singular], styngum [dative, plural]
  1. alternative form of sting Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: sting
    Sense id: en-styng-ang-noun-abjU0xzp Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*stungi"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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      "name": "inh"
    },
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      "args": {
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        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*sting"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*stingaz"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *stingaz",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Probably from Proto-West Germanic *stungi, from Proto-Germanic *stungiz.\nLess likely, a spelling variant of sting, from Proto-West Germanic *sting, from Proto-Germanic *stingaz. Either way, from the root of stingan.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "stynġ",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "styng",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-decl-noun-i-m",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stynġ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stynġas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stynġ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stynġas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stynġes",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stynġa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stynġe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stynġum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "styng",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "styngas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "styng",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "styngas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stynges",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stynga",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stynge",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "styngum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
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        "head": "stynġ, styng"
      },
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      "name": "ang-noun"
    }
  ],
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        "1": "stynġ"
      },
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "stynġ",
        "2": "stynġas",
        "3": "stynġ",
        "4": "stynġas",
        "5": "stynġes",
        "6": "stynġa",
        "7": "stynġe",
        "8": "stynġum",
        "num": "",
        "title": "",
        "type": "strong i-stem"
      },
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "styng"
      },
      "name": "ang-decl-noun-a-m"
    },
    {
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        "1": "styng",
        "2": "styngas",
        "3": "styng",
        "4": "styngas",
        "5": "stynges",
        "6": "stynga",
        "7": "stynge",
        "8": "styngum",
        "num": "",
        "title": "",
        "type": "strong a-stem"
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    }
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  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
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        {
          "word": "sting"
        }
      ],
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          "name": "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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          "name": "Pages with 3 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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              42,
              48
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "1890 [c. 731], Saint Bede (the Venerable), The Old English Version of Bede's Ecclesiastical History of the English People, page 122:",
          "text": "sette þa his lichoman betweoh beforan þam stynge",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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}
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      "form": "styng",
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stynġ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "singular"
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    },
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
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    },
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "stynġa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "stynġe",
      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
      ]
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "plural"
      ]
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      "source": "declension",
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        "table-tags"
      ]
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      ]
    },
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      "form": "styng",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "styng",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "singular"
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      "source": "declension",
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stynga",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stynge",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "styngum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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    },
    {
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        "3": "stynġ",
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        "6": "stynġa",
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        "8": "stynġum",
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        "3": "styng",
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        "Old English nouns",
        "Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
        "Old English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
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          "text": "sette þa his lichoman betweoh beforan þam stynge",
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}

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