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stig

  • noun [ neuter ]
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Grammar
stig, (?), es; n.
Wright's OE grammar
§323;
A wooden enclosure, a sty; but also part of a house, a hall (?) cf. stig-weard
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  • Gif cniht binnan stig sitte

    if a servant sit within the hall

    (?),
      Chart. Th. 612, 32.
  • Stigo

    vistrina (suestrina?

    the word occurs at the head of a list 'de suibus'),
      Wrt. Voc. i. 286, 41.
  • Stigu auriola (oriola? oriolum

    porticus, atrium,

    Migne),
      Txts. 38, 45.
  • Cf. (?) forestige

    vestibulum, introitum,

      Hpt. Gl. 514, 59.
  • Ondlong herpoðes on burghardes ánstigo; ðonne forð tó báres ánstigon,

      Cod. Dip. Kmbl. ii. 172, 18.
Etymology
[Ase swin ipund ine sti, A. R. 128, 1. Stye ara, Wrt. Voc. i. 178, 14. Sty, swynys howus ara, porcarium, Prompt. Parv. 475. Þenk on helle stynkyng stye, H. R. 215, 3. Cf. O. H. Ger. stíga; f. cancelli, ara, ovile: Ger. steige; f. hen-coop: Icel. stía; f. a kennel; svína-stí pig-sty: Dan. stí enclosure for swine, sheep, hens, etc.: Swed. stia; f. sty for pigs, geese, etc.]
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v. stigian.
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v.  stigian stigo stigu.
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  • stig, n.