stith
English
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editFrom Middle English stith, from Old Norse steði. Compare stithy.
Noun
editstith (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
editFrom 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
editstith (comparative more stith, superlative most stith)
Anagrams
editMiddle English
editEtymology 1
editInherited from Old English stīþ, from Proto-West Germanic *stinþ, from Proto-Germanic *stinþaz.
Alternative forms
editPronunciation
editNoun
editstith (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
editReferences
edit- “stīth(e, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 2
editBorrowed from Old Norse steði, *steð; the vocalism in /i/ may be due to influence from smyth and smythy. Doublet of stithy.
Alternative forms
editPronunciation
editNoun
editstith (plural stithes)
Descendants
edit- English: stith (obsolete)
References
edit- “stīth(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Old Frisian
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Germanic root related to *stadiz and akin to Old Norse steði (“anvil”). Akin to Old English stīþ (“hard, cruel”).
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editstīth
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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