stith
English[edit]
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Etymology 1[edit]
From Middle English stith, from Old Norse steði. Compare stithy.
Noun[edit]
stith (plural stiths)
- (obsolete) An anvil; a stithy.
- 1584, Robert Greene, the Card of Fancy:
- strike on the stith while the iron was hot
Etymology 2[edit]
From Middle English stith (“steady, strong, cruel”), from Old English stīþ (“hard, cruel”), from Proto-West Germanic *stinþ, from Proto-Germanic *stinþaz. Compare also Old Frisian stīth, Middle Low German stīde, Middle Dutch stīde, Old Norse stinnr, Danish stind, Swedish stinn.
Adjective[edit]
stith (comparative more stith, superlative most stith)
Anagrams[edit]
Middle English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Inherited from Old English stīþ, from Proto-West Germanic *stinþ, from Proto-Germanic *stinþaz.
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Noun[edit]
stith (plural and weak singular stithe)
- Stiff, steady, stable; not pliable.
- Strong, brave; having strength.
- Mighty, flourishing, profuse; indicative of wealth.
- Severe, intense, powerful; having intensity.
- Merciless, unforgiving; showing no quarter.
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- “stīth(e, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 2[edit]
Borrowed from Old Norse steði, *steð; the vocalism in /i/ may be due to influence from smyth and smythy. Doublet of stithy.
Alternative forms[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
stith (plural stithes)
Descendants[edit]
- English: stith (obsolete)
References[edit]
- “stīth(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Old Frisian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Germanic root related to *stadiz and akin to Old Norse steði (“anvil”). Akin to Old English stīþ (“hard, cruel”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
stīth
References[edit]
- Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN
- “stithy”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
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