Etymology

stith

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Today it means: An anvil; a stithy. Full definition →

Middle English stith ← Old Norse steði
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stith · noun1

  1. Old Norse · derived fromsteði
  2. Middle English · derived fromstith
  3. English todaystith

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

stith · adjective2

  1. Proto-Germanic · derived from*stinþaz
  2. Proto-West Germanic · derived from*stinþ
  3. Old English · inherited fromstīþ“hard, cruel”
  4. Middle English · inherited fromstith“steady, strong, cruel”
  5. English todaystith

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.

Stith · proper noun3

English surname of uncertain origin. Compare the obscure adjective stith (“hard, strong”), which could be related to stithy (“anvil”).

Words from the same roots

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stithy

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