stucche

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Middle English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old English styċċe (piece, fragment), from Proto-West Germanic *stukkī, from Proto-Germanic *stukkiją (piece). Akin to Old Saxon stukki, Dutch stuk, Old High German stukki, stucchi (a crust, fragment, piece), German Stück, Icelandic stykki (a piece).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈstit͡ʃ(ə)/, /ˈstɛt͡ʃ(ə)/, /ˈstut͡ʃ(ə)/

Noun

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stucche (plural stucches or stucchen)

  1. piece, fragment, bit, a section of text
    • c. 1225, “Introduction”, in Ancrene Ƿiſſe (MS. Corpus Christi 402)‎[1], Herefordshire, published c. 1235, folio 4, recto; republished at Cambridge: Parker Library on the Web, 2018 January:
      I þis deſtinctiun aren chapitreſ fiue · as fif ſtuchen efter fif ƿitteſ þe ƿiteð þe heoꝛte aſ ƿakemen []
      In this part there are five chapters or sections, corresponding to the five senses that monitor the heart like watchmen []
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