stien

stien c

1. singular definite of sti

From Old Norse steinn, from Proto-Germanic *stainaz, from Proto-Indo-European *steyh₂-.

stien m

1. stone

• stiȝen, stiȝan, stiȝe, steȝen, steye, stihen, styen

From Old English stīgan, from Proto-Germanic *stīganą, from Proto-Indo-European *stéygʰeti.

• IPA^(key): /ˈstiːən/, /ˈstɛi̯ən/

stien

1. To travel vertically; to ascend or descend:
   1. To drop or tumble downwards; to descend not of one's volition.
   2. To rise or move upwards; to move into the sky:
      1. (figuratively) To aim to increase one's knowledge or virtue.
      2. (figuratively) To increase one's position in society.
      3. (figuratively) To intensify, strengthen, or to be magnified.
      4. (figuratively, rare) To become apparent mentally; to realise.
      5. (rare) To revolt; be angry, protest.
      6. (rare) To get up; to rise from a seat or bed.
   3. To move up a vertical surface; to scale.
   4. To begin to ride; to ascend on to.
   5. (religion) To enter heaven by ascension.
2. To go or travel towards; to journey or venture.
3. (rare) To arrive; to make an entrance into.
4. (rare) To exist or reach upwards.

• steȝere
• stie
• sty

• English: sty (obsolete)

• “stīen (v.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-8.

stien m

1. definite singular of sti

stien m

1. definite singular of sti

From Old Frisian stēn, from Proto-Germanic *stainaz, from Proto-Indo-European *steyh₂-.

• IPA^(key): /stiə̯n/

stien c (plural stiennen, diminutive stientsje)

1. stone

• stienich

• “stien”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011