stang.
A forked ritual staff.
Meaning & usage
A forked ritual staff.
A long bar; a pole; a shaft; a stake.
In land measure, a pole, rod, or perch.
Where this word comes from
Inherited from Middle English stang, stong, from Old Norse stǫng, from Proto-Germanic *stangiz, *stangō (“bar, rod”), from Proto-Indo-European *stengʰ-, *stegʰ- (“to stick, sting, prick, be stiff”).
To shoot with pain, to sting.
To spear; to sting.
Where this word comes from
Inherited from Middle English stangen, from Old Norse stanga (“prick, goad”).
simple past of sting
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