styngen

Alternative forms

sting, stinge, stingen, styng, stynge, styngge

Etymology

Inherited from Old English stingan, from Proto-West Germanic *stingan, from Proto-Germanic *stinganą.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈstinɡən/, /ˈstiːnɡən/

Verb

styngen (third-person singular simple present styngeth, present participle styngynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative stong, past participle stungen)

To pierce or stab; to injure with a point.
To sting (to bite, usually using a stinger)
To insert; to put into.
(usually in the past participle) To afflict or injure.
(figurative) To copulate; to have sex.

Conjugation

More information infinitive, present tense ...

¹ Later replaced by the 1st-/3rd-person singular or stongest, stangest.
² Later replaced by the indicative.
³ Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Related terms

Descendants

English: sting
Scots: sting

References

“stingen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 27 October 2018.

	present tense	past tense
infinitive	(to) styngen, stynge

1st-person singular	stynge	stong, stang
2nd-person singular	styngest	stunge¹, stange¹
3rd-person singular	styngeth	stong, stang
subjunctive singular	stynge	stunge², stange²
imperative singular	stynge	—

plural³	styngen, stynge	stungen, stunge, stangen, stange
imperative plural	styngeth, stynge	—

participles	styngynge, styngende	stungen, stunge, ystungen, ystunge