stong

See also: Stong, stöng, and stǫng

English

Noun

stong (plural stongs)

(historical) An area of land equivalent to a quarter of an acre.

Synonyms

stang

Anagrams

Tongs, tongs

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse stǫng, from Proto-Germanic *stangō.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈstɔŋk/
Rhymes: -ɔŋk

Noun

stong f (genitive singular stangar, plural stengur)

bar, rod, pole
(poetic) long spear, lance
(soccer) post

Declension

Declension of stong
f9	singular		plural
f9	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	stong	stongin	stengur	stengurnar
accusative	stong	stongina	stengur	stengurnar
dative	stong	stongini	stongum	stongunum
genitive	stangar	stangarinnar	stanga	stanganna

Derived terms

flaggstong
fleygastong

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse stǫng, from Proto-Germanic *stangō. Cognate with Icelandic stöng, Danish stang, Swedish stång.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /stɔŋː/

Noun

stong f (definite singular stonga, indefinite plural stenger, definite plural stengene)

rod, pole
Han vart slegen med ei stong av jarn.
He was hit with a rod made of iron.

Inflection

Historical inflection of stong

	indefinite singular	definite singular	indefinite plural	definite plural
Aasen¹	Stong f	Stongi	Stenger	Stengerna
1901			stenger (stengar)	stengerne (stengane)
1917		stonga, stongi	stenger	stengene, stengerne
1938		stonga [stongi]		stengene
2012 (current)	stong f	stonga	stenger	stengene

Forms in italics are currently considered non-standard. Forms in [brackets] were official, but considered second-tier. Forms in (parentheses) were allowed under Midlandsnormalen. ¹Nouns were capitalised for most of the 19th century.

References

“stong” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
“stong”, in Norsk Ordbok: ordbok over det norske folkemålet og det nynorske skriftmålet, Oslo: Samlaget, 1950-2016
“stong” in Ivar Aasen (1873) Norsk Ordbog med dansk Forklaring

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