stouth

== Scots == === Etymology === From Middle English stulth, from Old Norse stuldr (“stealing, theft”). Cognate with Swedish stöld (“stealing, theft”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /stuθ/ === Noun === stouth (uncountable) (obsolete) Stealing, theft. Thae landis are with stouth sae socht, / To extreme povertie are brocht. (Sir Richard Maitland, ‘Agains The Thievis of Liddisdale’) (obsolete) A secret or clandestine transaction. ==== Derived terms ==== stouthrief