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steng

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
steng, es; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§317; §387; §562;
A stang (v. Halliwell's Dict.), pole, stake, staff, cudgel, bar
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  • Steng (stencg, stengc)

    vectis,

      Ælfc. Gr. 9, 28; Zup. 55, 10: Wrt. Voc. i. 26, 44.
  • Stengc,

      81, 29.
  • Steng clava, ii. 104, 11: 14, 41:

    claumentia,

      131, 55.
  • Styng

    clava,

    i.
      33, 60.
  • Wið slege ísernes oððe stenges (stænges,

      MS. H.), Lchdm. i. 132, 4.
  • Wið wunda som hý sýn of íserne, som hý sýn of stence (stæncge,

      MS. H.), 166, 10.
  • Ðá hét se déma hí nacode gebindan tó ánum stænge,

      Shrn. 115, 13.
  • Heáfod on steng

    (stipitem)

    ásettan,
      Bd. 3, 12; S. 537, 34.
  • Stengcum

    fustibus,

      Hpt. Gl. 487. 48.
  • Stencgum (stængum,

      Rush.), Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 26, 47.
  • Stengum

    sudibus,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 85, 53.
  • Mid stengum ðyrscan,

      Shrn. 55, 10.
  • Mid stearcum stengum beátan,

      Homl. Th. i. 428, 6.
  • Hát wyrcean twegen stengeas (stengas, Hatt. MS.) of ðæm treówe ðe is haten sethim

    facies vectes de lignis sethim,

      Past. 22, 1; Swt. 168, 22.
Etymology
[O. H. Ger. stanga; f. fustis, vectis, contus: Icel. stöng; f. a pole.]
Similar entries
v. wíte-steng.
Linked entries
v.  stæng.
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  • steng, n.