styng
Middle English
Etymology 1
Probably originally two distinct nouns, though no clear semantic separation can be established:
- Old EnglishCategory:Middle English terms inherited from Old English#STYNGCategory:Middle English terms derived from Old English#STYNG sting, from Proto-West GermanicCategory:Middle English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic#STYNGCategory:Middle English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic#STYNG *sting, from Proto-GermanicCategory:Middle English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic#STYNGCategory:Middle English terms derived from Proto-Germanic#STYNG *stingaz.
- Old EnglishCategory:Middle English terms inherited from Old English#STYNGCategory:Middle English terms derived from Old English#STYNG stynġ, from Proto-West GermanicCategory:Middle English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic#STYNGCategory:Middle English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic#STYNG *stungi, from Proto-GermanicCategory:Middle English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic#STYNGCategory:Middle English terms derived from Proto-Germanic#STYNG *stungiz, both nouns ultimately related to *stinganą.
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /stinɡ/, /stind͡ʒ/Category:Middle English terms with IPA pronunciation#STYNG
- IPA(key): /steːnd͡ʒ/ (Kent)Category:Middle English terms with IPA pronunciation#STYNG
- IPA(key): /stynt͡ʃ/ (West Midland)Category:Middle English terms with IPA pronunciation#STYNG
Noun
styngCategory:Middle English lemmas#STYNGCategory:Middle English nouns#STYNGCategory:Middle English entries with incorrect language header#STYNGCategory:Pages with entries#STYNGCategory:Pages with 3 entries#STYNG (plural stynges)
- A sting; a sharp pain, especially that caused by a stinger.
- a. 1333, “Poem 12: Tu rex glorie Christe; Fol. 208v”, in William Herebert, transl., Opera (British Library MS. Add. 46919), Hereford; republished as The Works of William Herebert, OFM (Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse), [Ann Arbor]: University of Michigan, a. 2018:
- Þou þat ouercóme þe bitter déthes stunchg, / Þou openedest hœuene ryche to ryth byleues þrunchg.Category:Middle English terms with quotations#STYNG
- You who overcame the bitter sting of death, / You opened the Kingdom of Heaven to true belief's throng.
- (rareCategory:Middle English terms with rare senses#STYNG) A stinger; the point used by an insect to sting.
Descendants
References
- “sting, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 2
Verb
styngCategory:Middle English lemmas#STYNGCategory:Middle English verbs#STYNGCategory:Middle English entries with incorrect language header#STYNGCategory:Pages with entries#STYNGCategory:Pages with 3 entries#STYNG
- (Late Middle EnglishCategory:Late Middle English#STYNG or NorthernCategory:Northern Middle English#STYNG) alternative form of styngen
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
styng m (definite singular styngen, indefinite plural stynger, definite plural styngene)Category:Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas#STYNGCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk nouns#STYNGCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk entries with incorrect language header#STYNGCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk masculine nouns#STYNGCategory:Pages with entries#STYNGCategory:Pages with 3 entries#STYNG
- (pre-1938) alternative form of stingCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk pre-1938 forms
Old English
Etymology
Probably from Proto-West GermanicCategory:Old English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic#STYNGCategory:Old English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic#STYNG *stungi, from Proto-GermanicCategory:Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic#STYNGCategory:Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic#STYNG *stungiz. Less likely, a spelling variant of sting, from Proto-West GermanicCategory:Old English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic#STYNGCategory:Old English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic#STYNG *sting, from Proto-GermanicCategory:Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic#STYNGCategory:Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic#STYNG *stingaz. Either way, from the root of stingan.
Noun
stynġ, styng mCategory:Old English lemmas#STYNGCategory:Old English nouns#STYNGCategory:Old English entries with incorrect language header#STYNGCategory:Old English masculine nouns#STYNGCategory:Pages with entries#STYNGCategory:Pages with 3 entries#STYNG
- alternative form of sting
- 1890 [c. 731], Saint Bede (the Venerable), The Old English Version of Bede's Ecclesiastical History of the English People, page 122:
- sette þa his lichoman betweoh beforan þam styngeCategory:Old English terms with quotations#STYNGCategory:Requests for translations of Old English quotations#STYNG
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
Strong i-stem:
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | stynġ | stynġas |
| accusative | stynġ | stynġas |
| genitive | stynġes | stynġa |
| dative | stynġe | stynġum |
Strong a-stem: