styngen

Middle English

Alternative forms

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)

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

Conjugation

Conjugation of styngen (strong class 3)
infinitive (to) styngen, stynge
present tense past tense
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 —
plural3 styngen, stynge stungen, stunge, stangen, stange
imperative plural styngeth, stynge —
participles styngynge, styngende stungen, stunge, ystungen, ystunge

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.

Descendants

  • English: sting
  • Scots: sting

References

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