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stang

See also: Stang, stâng, stäng, and stång

English

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Etymology 1

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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”).

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stang (plural stangs)

  1. (Wicca, paganism) A forked ritual staff.
    • 2006 January 7, Lady Sabrina, Exploring Wicca, Updated Edition, →ISBN, page 87:
      The stang represents the horned god and the masculine force of nature. Much like the wand or athame, the stang is used for raising or directing power […]
    • 2009 June 22, Yowie, “Sikh Quaker?”, in soc.religion.quaker‎[1]:
      In more common (and private) Wiccan circles, the stang is replaced by the athame (black handled knife) and the cauldron replaced with the chalice but its[sic] pretty much /whatever works for you/.
    • 2014 January 8, Ann Moura, Green Witchcraft: Folk Magic, Fairy Lore & Herb Craft, →ISBN, page 7:
      These stangs can be used as natural altars in outdoor rituals or simply as walking staffs.
  2. (archaic or obsolete) A long bar; a pole; a shaft; a stake.
  3. (obsolete or historical) In land measure, a pole, rod, or perch.
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Etymology 2

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From Middle English stangen, from Old Norse stanga (“prick, goad”).

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stang (third-person singular simple present stangs, present participle stanging, simple past and past participle stanged)

  1. (intransitive, Scotland) To shoot with pain, to sting.
  2. (transitive, Scotland) To spear; to sting.

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stang

  1. (dialect, rare) simple past of sting

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stang (plural stangs)

  1. (slang, US) Short for "Mustang", a brand of automobile produced by the Ford Motor Company.

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Etymology

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From Old Norse stǫng.

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stang c (singular definite stangen, plural indefinite stænger)

  1. bar
  2. rod
  3. pole
  4. crossbar

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Declension of stang
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative stang stangen stænger stængerne
genitive stangs stangens stængers stængernes

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Dutch

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Etymology

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From Middle Dutch stanghe, from Old Dutch *stanga, from Proto-West Germanic *stangu, from Proto-Germanic *stangō.

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stang m (plural stangen, diminutive stangetje n)

  1. bar
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  • → Indonesian: sêtang
  • → Polish: stenga

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Middle English

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Old Norse stǫng, from Proto-Germanic *stangō; some senses are from the related verb stangen. Compare steng.

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  • IPA(key): /ˈstanɡ/, /ˈstaːnɡ/, /ˈstɔnɡ/, /ˈstɔːnɡ/

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stang (plural stanges) (chiefly Northern)

  1. A pole; a wooden bar.
  2. A sting or bite.
  3. A stinger (barbed point of an insect)
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stang

  1. Alternative form of stangen

Norwegian Bokmål

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From Old Norse stǫng.

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stang f or m (definite singular stanga or stangen, indefinite plural stenger, definite plural stengene)

  1. a bar, pole, rod, lever, staff, stick, shaft
  2. rod, 3.1374 metres

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Old English

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  • IPA(key): /stɑnɡ/, [stɑŋɡ]

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stang

  1. first/third-person singular preterite indicative of stingan

Swedish

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stang

  1. past indicative of stinga
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