† ofstingv.
Obsolete.
transitive. To pierce with a sword, etc.; to gore, or stab to death.
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snithec725
ofstingeOE
stickOE
to sting to death13..
to put (do) to the sword1338
throata1382
to strike dead, to (the) deathc1390
hewc1400
stab1530
to stab (a person) in1530
poniard1593
stiletto1613
jugulate1623
kris1625
dagger1694
pike1787
to cut down1821
sword1863
eOE tr. Orosius Hist. (BL Add.) (1980) iv. i. 84 He genedde under ænne elpent þæt he hiene on þone nafelan ofstang.
OE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Tiber. B.iv) anno 946 Liofa hine ofstang æt Puclancyrcan.
lOE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Laud) anno 626 He [sc. Eomer] wolde ofstingan Eadwine cininge, ac he ofstang Lillan his ðegn.
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) 2510 Þat ich for þine þinge mid sæxe me of-stinge.
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) 5313 Carrais him on þrong and mid spere him of-stong.
c1300 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Otho) 13774 Boccus þe stronge Beduer hadde ofstonge.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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