stithy
English edit
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Etymology edit
From Middle English stithy, ultimately from Old Norse steði.
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Noun edit
stithy (plural stithies)
- An anvil.
- 1825 June 22, [Walter Scott], Tales of the Crusaders. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne and Co.] for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co., →OCLC:
- how to forge his sword upon the stithy, as well as how to use it in battle
- A blacksmith's smithy or forge.
- c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii]:
- As foul as Vulcan's stithy.
Translations edit
an anvil — see anvil
Verb edit
stithy (third-person singular simple present stithies, present participle stithying, simple past and past participle stithied)
- (transitive) To form on an anvil.
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Middle English edit
Alternative forms edit
- stedy, stethi, stethie, stethy, steþi, stidie, stidy, stithi, stithie, stithþi, stiþie, studee, stythie, stythy
Etymology edit
Either borrowed from Old Norse steðja, oblique singular of steði, or a remodelling of stith on the analogy of smythy. Doublet of stith.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
stithy (plural stithies)
Descendants edit
References edit
- “stithī(e, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.