† ˈsastange, ˈsasting Obs.
Forms: 4 saa stange, 5 sastange, 5–6 saystang(e, sasteing, 6 Sc. say styng.
[f. sa, northern form of soe, bucket + stang, sting ns. Cf. Sw. såstång, Da. saastang.]
A pole passed through the two ears of a bucket, to form a handle by which two might carry it.
| c 1375 Cursor M. 21144 (Fairf.) A wikkid iew wiþ mikil wrange, smate him wiþ a saa stange [Gött. a walker stange]. c 1470 Henry Wallace ii. 33 He bar a sasteing in a boustous poille. 1483 Cath. Angl. 319/1 A Sastange (A. Saystange), falanga, tinarium. 1538 Aberdeen Reg. XVI. (Jam. s.v. say s.), Ane cumyeone, ane bukat, say & say styng. 1593 Hollyband Dict. Fr. & Eng., Vne Courge, a coulestaffe, a saystang [misprinted sayslang]. |