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stíg

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
stíg, e; f.
Wright's OE grammar
§323;
A path (lit. and fig.), footpath, (narrow) way
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  • Orweg stíg

    (given already as a compound, orweg-stíg, but orweg should be taken as adjective) devia callis,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 139, 57.

  • Horweg stíg,

      25, 25.

  • Horuaeg stiig,

      Txts. 56, 340.

  • Strǽt wæs stánfáh, stíg wísode gumum ætgædere,

      Beo. Th. 646; B. 320: 4433; B. 2213: Andr. Kmbl. 1970; An. 987.

  • Eástewearde andlang weges on hemléclége; eástewearde andlang stíge on Ulfan treów,

      Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 437, 4.

  • Of Heort*-*wyllan on ða ealdan stíge; ðæt andlang stíge,

      438, 34.

  • Leóht stíge mínre

    lumen semitis meis,

      Ps. Th. 118, 105.

  • Stíge

    calce (calle? ),

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 15, 66: 95, 74.

  • Gebígdre stíge

    flexo tramite,

      149, 46: Hpt. Gl. 493, 18.

  • Fram stíge

    tramite, via,

      486, 68.

  • Tó rihtre stíge geteón

    ad rectum tramitem revocare,

      Bd. 5, 9; S. 623, 13: 1, 12; S. 481, 8.

  • Ðú ná forfleó [weg] hǽle se ðe nis búton mid stíge tó onginnenne

    non refugias viam salutis que non est nisi angusto initio incipienda,

      R. Ben. Interl. 6, 8.

  • Be westan róde óó sticelan stíg; ðonne be ðære stíge óð ða ealdan díc,

      Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 406, 29.

  • Of ðam stáne tó ðære grénan stíge,

      38, 23.

  • Ðýlæs ða gongen on suá frécne stíge ða ðe ne mágon uncwaciende gestondan on emnum felda

    ne, qui in planis stantes titubant, in praecipiti pedem ponant,

      Past. 4, 2; Swt. 41, 7.

  • Geseoh nú seolfes swæðe, swá ðín swát ágeát, blódige stíge,

      Andr. Kmbl. 2883; An. 1444.

  • Stíga ðíne

    semitae tuae,

      Ps. Spl. 76, 19.

  • Stíge (

    semitas

    ) ðíne lǽr mé,
      Ps. Surt. 24, 4.

  • Gif se níðsceaþa nearwe stíge mé on swaþe séceþ

    if the foe seek narrow paths in my track,

      Exon. Th. 397, 24; Rä. 16, 24.

  • Steáp stánhliðo, stíge nearwe, enge ánpaðas,

      Beo. Th. 2823; B. 1409.
Etymology
[We sculde makien his stiȝes, O. E. Homl. i. 7, 1. He sende bi stiȝen (weies, 2nd MS.) and by straten, Laym. 16366. Þiss Lamb iss þatt rihhte stih, Orm. 12916. Rihhteþþ Drihhtiness narrwe stiȝhess, 9202. Sty, by pathe semita, callis, Prompt. Parv. 475. v. in Halliwell's Dict. stie, and cf. Stye-head, the pass from Borrowdale to Wastdale. O. H. Ger. stíga semita, trames, callis: Icel. stígr; m. a path, footway. Cf. Goth. staiga a path.]
Similar entries
v. medu-, mylen-stíg; stíga.
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v.  stíga gát-ánstíg.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “stíg.” 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/28963.

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