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stice

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
stice, es; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§386;
a prick, puncture, stab, thrust with a pointed implement
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  • Se ðe ús gehǽleþ from ðæm stice úrra synna hé geðafode ðæt him mon sette ðyrnenne beág on ðæt heáfud

    a peccatorum nos punctionibus salvans spinis caput supponere non recusavit,

      Past. 36, 9; Swt. 261, 13.
  • Gif man þeóh þurhstingþ, slicc gehwilce .vi. scillingas,

      L. Ethb. 67; Th. i. 18, 16.
a pricking sensation, a stitch
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  • Gif stice bútan innoðe sié,

      Lchdm. ii. 274, 28.
  • Wið miltewærce and stice,

      174, 4.
  • Se hwíta stán mæg wiþ stice,

      290, 10.
  • Wið eágena hǽtan and stice, i. 352,

      5. [Wið gestice, 393, 20.
    ]
Etymology
[In his soule he hefde þe stiche of sore pine. . . . Þeos stiche was þreouold, þet, ase þreo speres smiten him tó þer heorte, A. R. 110, 12-14. Stiches iþi lonke, H. M. 35, 26. Styche, peyne on þe syde telum, Prompt. Parv. 475, col. 1. Goth. stiks a point of time: O. Frs. steke a prick, stab: O. H. Ger. stih[h] ictus: Ger. stich a prick, stitch, puncture: Dan. stik a stab: Swed. stick a prick, stitch, stab.]
Similar entries
v. fǽr-, in-stice; stic-ádl, and next word.
Linked entries
v.  stic-ádl.
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  • stice, n.