Stinga
Old Icelandic Dictionary - stingaMeaning of Old Icelandic word "stinga" in English.
As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):
stinga Old Icelandic word can mean:
- stinga
- (sting; stakk, stungum; stunginn), v.
- stinga
- 1) to thrust, stick, with dat. (hann stakk niðr merkinu í eldinn); s. niðr nösum, to bite the dust; s. við fótum, to stop short;
- stinga
- 2) to stab, with acc.; s. augu ór höfði manns, s. út augu e-s, to put out one’s eyes; impers., stingr mik í hjartat, my heart aches; s. e-n af, to make away with one; s. af stokki við e-n, to push away, cut one short; s. af um liðveizlu, to refuse to grant help;
- stinga
- 3) refl., ~st til e-s, to thrust oneself forward (þú hefir mjök stungizt til þessa máls).
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᛏᛁᚾᚴᛅ
Abbreviations used:
- dat.
- dative.
- e-s
- einhvers.
- acc.
- accusative.
- impers.
- impersonal.
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