stith
English edit
Pronunciation edit
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.
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
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.