stith

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /stɪθ/ === Etymology 1 === From Middle English stith, from Old Norse steði. Compare stithy. ==== Noun ==== stith (plural stiths) (obsolete) An anvil; a stithy. === Etymology 2 === 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 ==== stith (comparative more stith, superlative most stith) (UK, dialect, obsolete) strong; stiff; rigid === Anagrams === Hitts, histt. == Middle English == === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Old English stīþ, from Proto-West Germanic *stinþ, from Proto-Germanic *stinþaz. ==== Alternative forms ==== stið, stithe, stiþ, styth, stythe, styþ ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /stiːθ/ ==== Noun ==== 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 ===== English: stith (dialectal) Scots: styth ===== References ===== “stīth(e, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from Old Norse steði, *steð; the vocalism in /i/ may be due to influence from smyth and smythy. Doublet of stithy. ==== Alternative forms ==== steyth, stiþ, styth, stythe ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /stiθ/ ==== Noun ==== stith (plural stithes) anvil (iron block for shaping metal) Synonyms: anvelt, stithy ===== Descendants ===== English: stith (obsolete) ===== References ===== “stīth(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. == Old Frisian == === Etymology === From Proto-Germanic root related to *stadiz and akin to Old Norse steði (“anvil”). Akin to Old English stīþ (“hard, cruel”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈstiːθ/ === Adjective === stīth strong ==== References ==== 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.