stien
Danish
Elfdalian
Etymology
From Old Norse steinn, from Proto-Germanic *stainaz, from Proto-Indo-European *steyh₂-.
Middle English
Etymology
From Old English stīgan, from Proto-Germanic *stīganą, from Proto-Indo-European *stéygʰeti.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈstiːən/, /ˈstɛi̯ən/
Verb
stien
- To travel vertically; to ascend or descend:
- To drop or tumble downwards; to descend not of one's volition.
- To rise or move upwards; to move into the sky:
- (figuratively) To aim to increase one's knowledge or virtue.
- (figuratively) To increase one's position in society.
- (figuratively) To intensify, strengthen, or to be magnified.
- (figuratively, rare) To become apparent mentally; to realise.
- (rare) To revolt; be angry, protest.
- (rare) To get up; to rise from a seat or bed.
- To move up a vertical surface; to scale.
- To begin to ride; to ascend on to.
- (religion) To enter heaven by ascension.
- To go or travel towards; to journey or venture.
- (rare) To arrive; to make an entrance into.
- (rare) To exist or reach upwards.
Conjugation
Conjugation of stien (strong class 1/weak)
infinitive | (to) stien | |
---|---|---|
indicative | present | past |
1st person singular | stie | stie, stied |
2nd person singular | stiest | stie, stied, stydest |
3rd person singular | stieþ, stieth | stie, stied |
plural | stien | stien, stiden |
subjunctive | present | past |
singular | stie | stie |
plural | stien | stien |
imperative | present | |
singular | stie | |
plural | stieþ, stieth | |
participle | present | past |
*stiende, stiynge | stien, (y)stied |
Descendants
- English: sty (obsolete)
References
- “stīen (v.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-8.
Norwegian Bokmål
Norwegian Nynorsk
West Frisian
Etymology
From Old Frisian stēn, from Proto-Germanic *stainaz, from Proto-Indo-European *steyh₂-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /stiə̯n/
Derived terms
Further reading
- “stien”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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