Old English Dictionary Entry

Sticung

Part of speech: e; Related words: swýn tó sticunge . . . Gýme eác swán ðæt hé æfter sticunge his slyhtswýn wel behweorfe, L. R. S. 6, Th. i. 436, 12-16. sticung

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Definitions

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1 sticung

f. I. a pricking, piercing:--Hié (the elephants) fóran wédende ǽgðer ge for ðæs flexes bryne ge for ðara nægla sticunge, Ors. 4, 1; Swt. 158, 8. II. sticking (pigs), killing; cf. stician, I a:--On manegum stent ðæt se gafolswán sylle ǽlce geáre .x

Similar Words

-saca
-sacend
-sacung
-sagol
-sagun

Runic Inscription

ᛋᛏᛁᚳᚢᛝ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Works & Authors

Ors.: Orosius, Historiarum (OE translation by Alfred)
Swt.: Sweet's Anglo-Saxon Reader

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