stott

See also: Stott, stótt, stött, and støtt

English

Verb

stott (third-person singular simple present stotts, present participle stottin, simple past and past participle stotted)

1. (Geordie) Alternative spelling of stot

References

• Todd's Geordie Words and Phrases, George Todd, Newcastle, 1977[1]

Manx

Etymology

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Noun

stott m (genitive singular stitt, plural stitt)

1. bullock, steer

Old English

Etymology

Uncertain. Perhaps from Proto-West Germanic *stott, *stutt (“castrated animal, gelding”), from Proto-Germanic *stuttijan (“to mutilate, cut off, castrate”); or alternatively from Proto-Germanic *steutaz, *stūtaz (“something clipped or docked, stump”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewd- (“to bump, push, hit”). Compare Old Norse stútr (“a young ox, bull”) (whence Danish stud (“bullock, steer”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stott/, [stot]

Noun

stott m

1. (zoology) an inferior type of horse

Declension

Declension of stott (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	stott	stottas
accusative	stott	stottas
genitive	stottes	stotta
dative	stotte	stottum

Descendants

• Middle English: stott (“horse; bullock, steer”), stot, stote
  • English: stot
  • Scots: stot, stoit
• → Medieval Latin: stottus m, stotta f (“heifer”) (Anglo-Latin)