stician

Old English

Alternative forms

• stiocian — Kentish

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *stikōną, closely related to *stikaną (“to stick”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsti.ki.ɑn/

Verb

stician

1. (transitive) to pierce, to stab, to prick, to stick
2. (intransitive) to remain embedded, to be fastened, to stick
3. (intransitive) to run, to lie (in a particular direction)

Conjugation

Conjugation of stician (weak class 2)

infinitive	stician	sticienne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	sticiġe	sticode
second person singular	sticast	sticodest
third person singular	sticaþ	sticode
plural	sticiaþ	sticodon
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	sticiġe	sticode
plural	sticiġen	sticoden
imperative
singular	stica
plural	sticiaþ
participle	present	past
	sticiende	(ġe)sticod

Descendants

• English: stick

References

• Joseph Wright, Mary Elizabeth Wright (1908) Old English Grammar‎^[1], London, New York and Toronto: Henry Frowde, Oxford University Press, page 32