different between steg vs stig

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /st??/
• Rhymes: -??

Etymology 1

Shortening of steganography.

Verb

steg (third-person singular simple present stegs, present participle stegging, simple past and past participle stegged)

1. (transitive, informal) To conceal (data) by means of steganography.
   • 1994, "Virtual Bob", Crypto Maniac (on Internet newsgroup comp.sys.mac.programmer)

     Stego rasterizes the image, then stegs data into the least significant bit (or LSB) of each of the RGB color values.

   • 2002, "the Pull", getting started (on Internet newsgroup alt.fan.cult-dead-cow)

     Another project being worked on is stegging banned religious books from every language and putting them on the web.

   • 2008, "Steve Walker", Sick evil perverted pedos now helping terrorists. (on Internet newsgroup uk.legal)

     Sounds like nonsense to me - if you're going to pass stegged files there's plenty of anonymous dropfile sites, no need to use CP facilities which are likely to be subject to extra law enforcement, surveillance and site takedowns etc.

Etymology 2

From Middle English steg, from Old Norse steggr, a word for the male of several animals, from Proto-Germanic *staggijaz. Compare stag.

Alternative forms

• stag

Noun

steg (plural stegs)

1. (obsolete) A gander.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Halliwell to this entry?)

Etymology 3

From stegosaur

Noun

steg (plural stegs)

1. (formal, regional, derogatory or childish) stegosaur

Anagrams

• -gest, -gest-, Gest, Gets, gest, gest-, gets, tegs

Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse steik f (“roast”), from Proto-Germanic *staik?. Related to the verb *stikan? (“to stick”). English steak is borrowed from Old Norse.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /staj?/, [?sd??j?]
• Rhymes: -aj?

Noun

steg c (singular definite stegen, plural indefinite stege)

1. joint (a cut of meat)
2. roast (a cut of meat suited to roasting)
3. roast meat, roast dinner
4. (slang) attractive person

Inflection

Derived terms

References

• “steg” in Den Danske Ordbog

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ste???/, [?sd?e?j], [?sd?e?]

Verb

steg

1. past tense of stige

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the main entry.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /staj?/, [?sd??j?]

Verb

steg

1. imperative of stege

Middle English

Noun

steg

1. Alternative form of stagge

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

steg n (definite singular steget, indefinite plural steg, definite plural stega or stegene)

1. step

Synonyms

• skritt

References

• “steg” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Verb

steg

1. simple past of stige

Alternative forms

• steig

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse stig

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ste??/

Noun

steg n (definite singular steget, indefinite plural steg, definite plural stega)

1. a step
2. a pace (the distance covered in a step)

Synonyms

• skritt

References

• “steg” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Pronunciation

Noun

steg n

1. a step (pace)

Declension

See also

• stege

Verb

steg

1. past tense of stiga.

Anagrams

• gest, gets, segt, tegs

Westrobothnian

Etymology

From Old Norse stig.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ste??/

Noun

steg n (definite steje)

1. Step.

English

Etymology

Believed to have originated from the eponymous character in the book Stig of the Dump (Clive King, Puffin, 1963, ?ISBN.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /st??/

Noun

stig (plural stigs)

1. (Britain, derogatory) Someone from a poor background, with poor dress sense.

Synonyms

See chav.

Anagrams

• GTis, ISTG, gist, gits, tigs

Faroese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sti?j/

Noun

stig n (genitive singular stigs, plural stig)

1. pace
2. stair, rung
3. (dance) step
4. niveau, level
5. degree (Celsius etc.)
6. (sports) score

Declension

Synonyms

• (pace): fet, fótafet, gongd
• (dancing step): stev, fótastig

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /st???/
• Rhymes: -???

Noun

stig n (genitive singular stigs, nominative plural stig)

1. level
2. degree
3. stage
4. point (unit of scoring in a game or competition)
5. (baseball, cricket) run

Declension

Synonyms

• (level): staða
• (degree): gráða
• (stage): áfangi

Derived terms

• á þessu stigi, á þessu stigi málsins
• á háu stigi
• öryggisstig (security level)

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

stig

1. imperative of stige

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse stígr.

Noun

stig m (definite singular stigen, indefinite plural stigar, definite plural stigane)

1. alternative form of sti

Etymology 2

Verb

stig

1. present tense of stige
2. imperative of stige

Etymology 3

Noun

stìg n (definite singular stìget, indefinite plural stìg, definite plural stìgi)

1. form removed with the spelling reform of 1917; superseded by steg

References

• “stig” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old English

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *st?g?, from *st?gan? (“climb”) ( > Old English st?gan). Cognate with Middle Dutch stige, Old High German stiga. A masculine Germanic variant *st?gaz is indicated by Old High German stic (German Steig), Old Norse stígr (Swedish stig).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sti?j/

Noun

st?? f (nominative plural st??a or st??e)

1. path (especially steep or narrow)

Declension

Descendants

• Middle English: sty

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *stij?. Cognate with Old Norse stí (Danish sti).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stij/

Noun

sti? n (nominative plural sti?)

1. hall, building, sty

Declension

Derived terms

• st?gweard (“steward”)

Descendants

• Middle English: sty
  • English: sty

Old Norse

Etymology

Related to stíga.

Noun

stig n

1. step, pace
2. step (of a ladder)
3. (plural only) degree, rank

Declension

Descendants

• Icelandic: stig
• Norwegian Nynorsk: steg
• Norwegian Bokmål: steg

References

• stig in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sti??/
• Rhymes: -i??

Etymology 1

From Old Swedish st?gher, from Old Norse stígr, from Proto-Germanic *st?gu- or Proto-Germanic *st?gi-.Cognate with Danish sti and German Steig.Related to Swedish stiga.See also Old English stig.

Noun

stig c

1. path, trail

Declension

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

stig

1. imperative of stiga.

Anagrams

• tigs