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sticel

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
sticel, es; m.
That with which a prick may be given, (stickle in stickle-back; cf. stickly prickly, Halliwell's Dict.) a sting, goad
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  • Óðerne hé dráf mid sticele, óðrum hé wiðteáh mid brídle

    illum stimulo impellere nititur, hunc freno moderatur,

      Past. 40, 3; Swt. 293, 1.
  • Hé sǽwþ ðone sticel ðæs andan

    seminantur stimuli,

      38, 7; Swt. 279, 9.
  • Þé mid stíðum ástyrest sticelum gǽlsan

    luxuriae stimulis te agitabis acutis,

      Dóm. L. 179.
  • Ða gnættas mid swíþe lytelum sticelum hine deriaþ,

      Bt. 16, 2; Fox 52, 11.
  • Sticelas ramnos, Blickl. Gl.
Etymology
[O. H. Ger. stihhil aculeus: Icel. stikill the pointed end of a horn.]
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v. sticels.
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v.  sticels.
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