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stician

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
stician, p. ode.
Wright's OE grammar
§48; §102; §206; §536;
trans.
To stick, stab, pierce, prick
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  • Oxa spæc and cwæð: 'Tó hwon sticast ðú mé,' Shrn. 30, 12.

  • Mé on fæðme sticaþ hygegálan hond,

      Exon. Th. 394, 1; Rä. 13, 11.

  • Hé(

    the wounded elephant

    ) ða óþre elpendas sticade,
      Ors. 4, 1; Swt. 156, 13.

  • Gé hyne (

    Christ

    ) myd spere sticodon,
      Nicod. 13; Thw. 6, 35.

  • Sticedon,

      Cd. Th. 297, 1; Sat. 510.

  • Stycodon,

      Shrn. 147, 36.

  • Hí ne mihte þorn stician,

      66, 17.

  • Stycigende

    stimulosa,

      Scint. 104, 6.
  • I a. to kill (to stick iss
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  • Wé oþþe sticode beóþ oþþe on sǽ ádruncene

    aut jugulamur aut mergimur,

      Bd. 1, 13; S. 482, 1.

  • Monige fanggene wǽron and heápmǽlum sticode nonnulli comprehensi acervatim jugulabantur, 1, 15; S. 484, 5. I b. to thrust out (cf. stingan) :-- Sticode him mon ða eágan út efossis oculis, Ors. 4, 5; Swt. 168, 4. I c.

    intrans.

    :-- Ðæt mé ongeán sticaþ,
      Exon. Th. 497, 20; Rä. 87, 3.
intrans.
To stick, remain fixed
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  • Ðæs spácan sticaþ óþer ende on ðære felge, óþer on ðære nafe,

      Bt. 39, 7; Fox 222, 7.

  • Lǽt ða ságlas stician ðǽron . . . Ða ságlas sticiaþ eallne weg inn on ðám hringum . . . Simle ða ofergyldan ságlas sceolden stician on ðǽm gyldnum hringum,

      Past. 22; Swt. 171, 1-22.

  • Mé on hreðre heáfod sticade,

      Exon. Th. 479, 10; Rä. 62, 5.

  • On ðære róde sticodon mænige arewan,

      Chr. 1083; Erl. 217, 21.

  • Sting ðín seax on ða wyrte, lǽt stician ðǽron,

      Lchdm. ii. 346, 12, 20: Jud. 3, 22.
fig.
to be involved, be prevented from free action, lie encumbered
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  • On hú ðióstrum hora seáþe þara unþeáwa ða yfelwillendan sticiaþ

    quanto in coeno probra volvantur,

      37, 2; Fox 188, 2.

  • Sticiaþ gehýdde beorhte cræftas

    latet obscuris condita virtus clara tenebris,

      4; Fox 8, 15.

  • Ðæt ða synfullan sáwla sticien helle tómiddes,

      Salm. Kmbl. 344; Sal. 171.
to be inherent
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  • Seó godcundnys ðe on ðam men sticode,

      Homl. Th. ii. 386, 19.
to be in possession of (of demoniacal possession),
to lurk
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  • Deófol ðé sticaþ on

    daemonium habes,

      Jn. Skt. 7, 20. '
    Ðonne gesihst ðú hwæt ðǽron sticaþ' . . . Ðǽr gewende út of ðam fæte án næddre, Homl. Th. ii. 170, 19.

  • Wé bebeódaþ ðám deóflum ðe on ðisum anlícnyssum sticiaþ, ðæt hí út faron,

      496, 8.
  • Se apostol cwæð tó ðam áwyrgedan gáste ðe hire on sticode, i. 464, 22.
  • Ða deóflu ðe on ðám anlícnyssum sticodon, ii. 482, 8.
of direction,
to run, lie (cf. sceótan)
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  • Út æt ðæs croftes heáfod ðæt sticaþ on ðære lace,

      Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 37, 24.

  • Andlang weges ðæt hit sticaþ on norðeweardum cynges steorte. . . andlang weges ðæt hit sticaþ æt wíchám,

      48, 8-11.

  • Ðonne swá forð ðæt hit sticaþ on miclancumb; and of miclancumbe ðæt hit sticaþ on litlancumb,

      405, 30.

  • Ðonne tó ðam wuduwege ðæt hit sticaþ innan Nodre; ðonne andlang Noddre ðæt hit sticaþ on Eatstánes landscare; ðæt hit sticaþ up tó herpoðe,

      446, 8-11.
  • Wið súðan ða méde ðæt it sticaþ tóemnes ðam wiðigðyfelum, v. 194, 32.
Etymology
[M. H. Ger. Ger. stecken to remain fixed. Cf. O. Sax. stekan; p. stak to pierce, stab: O. Frs. steka: O. H. Ger. stehhan; p. stah pungere.]
Similar entries
v. of-, tó-, þurh-stician.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “stician.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/28946.

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