Old English · verb
stician
- Part of speech
- verb
- Verb class
- weak class 2
- IPA
- /ˈsti.ki.ɑn/
- Syllables
- ˈsti · ki · ɑn (3 syllables)
- Modern English
- embeddedfastenedstickpiercestabprick
Meaning
-
to pierce, to stab, to prick, to stick
Oft iċ beġīne þæt mē onġēan sticað, þonne iċ hnītan sċeal, hringum gyrded, hearde wið heardum, hindan þȳrel, forð āsċūfan þæt mīnes frēan mōd freoþað middelnihtum.
Oft I swallow that pricks me again, then I should strike, girded by rings, toughly against hard ones, stabbed from behind, shove forth that shields mind-mirth of my lord at midnights.
c. 980, Exeter Book Riddle 91: -
to remain embedded, to be fastened, to stick
-
to run, to lie (in a particular direction)
Conjugation
All forms (15)
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *stikōną, closely related to *stikaną (“to stick”).
Descendants
stick
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