stith

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/stɪθ/

noun

An anvil; a stithy.

OriginMiddle English stith ← Old Norse steði →
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Meanings

stith1

nounstith (plural stiths)

plural stiths

  1. obsoleteAn anvil; a stithy.

    strike on the stith while the iron was hot

    1584, Robert Greene, the Card of Fancy

stith2

adjectivestith (comparative more stith, superlative most stith)

comparative more stith · superlative most stith

  1. UKdialectalobsoletestrong; stiff; rigid

Stith3

proper noun
  1. A surname.

Origin

stith · noun

  1. Old Norsesteði
  2. Middle Englishstith
  3. Englishstith

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

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stith · adjective

  1. Proto-Germanic*stinþaz
  2. Proto-West Germanic*stinþ
  3. Old Englishstīþ“hard, cruel”
  4. Middle Englishstith“steady, strong, cruel”
  5. Englishstith

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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Stith · proper noun

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

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APA

stith. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stith

MLA

“stith.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stith. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “stith,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stith.

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