English word origin

Etymology of stith

From Middle English stith, from Old Norse steði. Compare stithy.

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Source etymology 1

Original entry ↗

noun

An anvil; a stithy.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

From Middle English stith, from Old Norse steði. Compare stithy.

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Derivation mentionstithenm
Derivation mentionsteðinon

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Source etymology 2

Original entry ↗

adj

strong; stiff; rigid

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

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.

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Inherited-form mentionstithenm · steady, strong, cruel
Inherited-form mentionstīþang
Derivation mention*stinþgmw-pro
Derivation mention*stinþazgem-pro
Cognate mentionstīthofs
Cognate mentionstīdegml
Cognate mentionstīdedum
Cognate mentionstinnrnon
Cognate mentionstindda
Cognate mentionstinnsv

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