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stígan

  • verb [ strong ]
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Grammar
stígan, p. stáh, pl. stigon; pp. stigen.
Wright's OE grammar
§29; §96; §101; §126; §133; §231; §235; §262; §320; §323; §476; §490;
intrans.
To go
without implying ascent or descent
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  • Seó sunne stígþ on ða dǽglan wegas wid hire uprynæs.

    Phoebus secreto tramite currum solitos vertit ad ortus,

      Bt. 25; Fox 88, 26.
  • Of stíges

    discedite,

      Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 25, 41.
  • Alle stígende (

    discedentes

    ) from rehtwísnissum,
      Ps. Surt. 118, 118.
implying ascent, to go from a lower to a higher level,
to ascend, mount
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  • Sió sunne ofer moncyn stíhþ á upweardes,

      Met. 13, 69.
  • Bryne stígeþ heáh tó heofonum,

      Exon. Th. 233, 6; Ph. 520.
  • Hálge gǽstas stígaþ tó wuldre,

      234, 19; Ph. 542.
  • Récas stígaþ ofer hrófum,

      381, 5; Rä. 2, 6: Ps. Th. 73, 22.
  • Stigon ða þornas

    ascenderunt spinae,

      Mk. Skt. 4, 7.
  • Sǽs up stigon ofer stæðweallas,

      Cd. Th. 83, 6; Gen. 1375.
  • Ic wilnige ðæt ðeós sprǽc stigge on ðæt ingeðonc ðæs leorneres suǽ suǽ on sume hlǽdre,

      Past. proem.; Swt. 23, 16.
  • Ǽrðon up stige áncenned sunu,

      Exon. Th. 29, 17; Cri. 464.
  • Sweart racu stígan onginneþ,

      Cd. Th. 82, 1; Gen. 1355.
  • Geségon hí on heáhþu hláford stígan,

      Exon. Th. 31, 20; Cri. 498: Shrn. 50, 15.
  • Ðæt scip wile hwílum stigan ongeán ðone streám (

    contra ictum fluminis conscendere

    ),
      Past. 58, 7; Swt. 445, 10.
  • Gé geseóþ Godes englas up stígende (ascendentes), Jn. Skt. 1, 51. (2 a) of getting into a vessel, etc., climbing a tree, etc. :-- Hé stáh up on án treów ascendit in arborem, Lk. Skt. 19, 4.Ðá stáh hé on scip

    ascendit navem,

      Bd. 5, 9 ; S. 623, 27.
  • Beornas on stefn stigon,

      Beo. Th. 429 ; B. 212, In ceól stigon, Andr. Kmbl. 697 ; An. 349.
  • Ðá gé on holm stigon, 858 ; An. 429.
  • Leóde on wang stigon

    they landed,

      Beo. Th. 456 ; B. 225.
  • Ǽr hé on bed stige, 1357 ; B. 676.
  • Stígan on wægn,

      Exon. Th. 404, 16 ; Rä. 23, 8.
  • Hét hé ǽnne mon stígan on ðone mæst (

    adscendere in arborem navis

    ),
      Ors. 4, 10 ; Swt. 202, 2.
Where the movement is downwards,
to descend
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  • Ne stíhþ hé nyðer

    ne descendat,

      Lk. Skt. 17, 31.
  • Ða stígaþ on helle

    in infernunt descenderent,

      Past. 55, 2 ; Swt. 429, 26.
  • Ðá stáh and com smylte reng,

      Bd. 4, 13 ; S. 582, 34.
  • Hié on sund stigon

    they went down into the bed of the Red Sea,

      Cd. Th. 198, 8 ; Exod. 319.
  • Stíh ádún

    descend,

      Homl. Th. i. 580, 33.
  • Ne stíge hé on his hús

    non descendat in domum,

      Mk. Skt. 13, 15.
  • Ðæt engel ufan of roderum stígan cwóme,

      Cd. Th. 248, 8 ; Dan. 510.
  • Niþer stígende, of dúne stígende

    descendentem,

      Mt. Kmbl. 3, 16 : Jn. Skt. l, 51.
trans.
To ascend, mount
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  • Heáhlond stigon sibgemágas,

      Cd. Th. 202, 9 ; Exod. 385.
  • Stealc hliþo stígan,

      Exon. Th. 498, 18 ; Rä. 88, 3.
Etymology
[The verb remained long in English and is used by Spenser : 'Ambition, rash desire to sty,' F. Q. ii. 7, 46. Goth. steigan : O. Sax. O. L. Ger. O. H. Ger. stígan : Du. stijgen : Ger. steigen : O. Frs. stíga : Icel. stíga : Dan. stige : Swed. stiga.]
Similar entries
v. á-, fore-, ge-, ofer-stígan.
Linked entries
v.  a-stígend.
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