styng

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word styng. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word styng, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say styng in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word styng you have here. The definition of the word styng will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofstyng, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

Middle English

Etymology 1

Probably originally two distinct nouns, though no clear semantic separation can be established:

Old English sting, from Proto-West Germanic *sting, from Proto-Germanic *stingaz.
Old English styng, from Proto-West Germanic *stungi, from Proto-Germanic *stungiz, both nouns ultimately related to *stinganą.

Alternative forms

stenge, sting, stynge
steng (Kent)
stunchg (West Midlands)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /stinɡ/, /stind͡ʒ/
IPA^(key): /steːnd͡ʒ/ (Kent)
IPA^(key): /stynt͡ʃ/ (West Midlands)

Noun

styng (plural stynges)

A sting, a sharp pain, especially that caused by a stinger.
(rare) A stinger; the point used by an insect to sting.

Descendants

English: sting
Scots: sting

References

“sting, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

Verb

styng

(Late Middle English or Northern) alternative form of styngen

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

styng m (definite singular styngen, indefinite plural stynger, definite plural styngene)

(pre-1938) alternative form of sting

Wikious

Boobota

Sagapedia