v. Obs. [OE. þurhstingan, f. stingan to STING.] trans. To stab or pierce through.
c. 1000. Ælfric, Deut. xv. 17. Nim þonne anne æl, & þurhsting 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 thorustang.
c. 1330. Arth. & Merl. (Kölbing), 6630. Wiþ hors fete þai riden hem on & þurch stongen mani on.
