(a) To pierce, stab; -- also used of a spear, nail, thorn, stone, etc.; also fig.; ~ under gore, fig. have sexual intercourse; (b) to stab (sb., a horse); pierce (the body or a part of the body); med. to lance (a swelling or lesion); also fig.; -- also used of a spear [quot. 1372]; beat (a wolf with staves) [quot. ?a1300, 1st]; ?nail (Jesus on the cross) [quot. c1300]; ~ to (the) deth, kill (sb.) by stabbing; (c) ppl. stungen, of cloth or clothing: pierced (with stitches), pricked through; (d) to thrust (sth.), push, insert; -- also without obj.

(a) Of a snake, toad, fly, etc.: to bite; bite (sb., a bird); also fig.; ~ to (the) deth, kill (sb., a horse) by biting; ppl. stinginge, biting; ppl. stungen, bitten; (b) of a scorpion, bee, hornet, etc.: to wound with its stinger, sting; sting (sb., an animal, a part of the body); also fig.; also in proverbs; -- also used of the stinger [1st quot.]; ~ in, thrust (a stinger) in, insert; ppl. stinginge as adj.: stinging; also fig.

(a) Ppl. stinginge, biting or stinging to the taste [last quot.]; of pain: piercing, stabbing; (b) fig. of death: to inflict a mortal wound upon (sb.); (c) to trouble (sb.), vex, distress; also, affect (the heart) with emotion; ben stungen, feel remorse, be sorry, regret; also, be incited (to do sth.); ~ thurgh and thurgh, distress or grieve (the heart) repeatedly.