† through-ˈsting, v. Obs.
[OE. þurhstingan, f. stingan to sting.]
trans. To stab or pierce through.
| c 1000 ælfric Deut. xv. 17 Nim þonne anne æl, & þurh⁓sting his ear æt þines huses dura. c 1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 207 Þe honden and te fet weren mid irene nailen þurh stungen. a 1300 Cursor M. 17134 (Cott.) Brest, and hand, and fote thurghstungen [v.r. thorustongen]. Ibid. 24357 Wit spere þai stoked him wit wrang, Þat ilk min hert it thoru⁓stang. c 1330 Arth. & Merl. (Kölbing) 6630 Wiþ hors fete þai riden hem on & þurch stongen mani on. |