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sting

  • noun [ masculine ]
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sting, es ; m.
a sting, stab, thrust made with a pointed instrument ; the wound made by a stab or
sting
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  • Beslóh se þorn on ðone fót and swá strang wæs se sting ðæs þornes ðæt hé eode þurh ðone fót

    the prick of the thorn was so hard, that the thorn went through the foot,

      Guthl. 16 ; Gdwin. 68, 3.
  • Lilla sette his líchoman beforan ðam stynge (

    ante ictum pungentis

    ),
      Bd. 2, 9 ; S. 511, 24.
  • Wið scorpiones stincg,

      Lchdm. i. 168, 3 : 248, 21.
  • Wið scorpiones stincg, genim ðás ylcan wyrte . . . lege tó ðam stinge (cf. lege tó ðære wunde,

      168, 7), 272, 22-24.
v. in-, on-sting ; stingan, Ia.
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