FromMiddle Englishstang,stong, fromOld Norsestǫng, fromProto-Germanic*stangiz,*stangō(“bar, rod”), fromProto-Indo-European*stengʰ-,*stegʰ-(“to stick, sting, prick, be stiff”).
stang (pluralstangs)
- (Wicca, paganism) Aforkedritualstaff.
2006 January 7, Lady Sabrina,Exploring Wicca, Updated Edition,→ISBN, page87:Thestang represents the horned god and the masculine force of nature. Much like the wand or athame, thestang is used for raising or directing power[…]
2009 June 22, Yowie, “Sikh Quaker?”, insoc.religion.quaker[1]:In more common (and private) Wiccan circles, thestang 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:Thesestangs can be used as natural altars in outdoor rituals or simply as walking staffs.
- (archaic or obsolete) A longbar; apole; ashaft; astake.
- (obsolete or historical) In land measure, apole,rod, orperch.
FromMiddle Englishstangen, fromOld Norsestanga(“prick, goad”).
stang (third-person singular simple presentstangs,present participlestanging,simple past and past participlestanged)
- (intransitive, Scotland) To shoot with pain, tosting.
- (transitive, Scotland) Tospear; tosting.
stang
- (dialect, rare)simplepast ofsting
stang (pluralstangs)
- (slang, US) Short for "Mustang", a brand of automobile produced by the Ford Motor Company.
FromOld Norsestǫng.
stang c (singular definitestangen,plural indefinitestænger)
- bar
- rod
- pole
- crossbar
FromMiddle Dutchstanghe, fromOld Dutch*stanga, fromProto-West Germanic*stangu, fromProto-Germanic*stangō.
stang m (pluralstangen,diminutivestangetje n)
- bar (of metal, wood, etc.)
CompareKhmerស្ដើង(sdaəng).
stang
- thin
- Singh, U Nissor (1906)Khasi-English dictionary[2], Shillong: Eastern Bengal and Assam Secretariat Press, page211. Searchable online atSEAlang.net.
Borrowed fromOld Norsestǫng, fromProto-Germanic*stangō; some senses are from the related verbstangen. Comparesteng.
- IPA(key): /ˈstanɡ/,/ˈstaːnɡ/,/ˈstɔnɡ/,/ˈstɔːnɡ/
stang (pluralstanges)(chiefly Northern)
- Apole; awoodenbar.
- Asting orbite.
- Astinger(barbed point of an insect)
- “stang,n.(1)”, inMED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.:University of Michigan,2007.
- “stang,n.(2)”, inMED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.:University of Michigan,2007.
stang
- Alternative form ofstangen
FromOld Norsestǫng.
stang f orm (definite singularstangaorstangen,indefinite pluralstenger,definite pluralstengene)
- abar,pole,rod,lever,staff,stick,shaft
- rod, 3.1374metres
stang
- first/third-personsingularpreteriteindicative ofstingan
stang
- pastindicative ofstinga
