stouth

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Contents 1 Scots 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun

[edit] Scots

[edit] Etymology

From Old Norse stuþr.

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /stuθ/

[edit] Noun

stouth (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) stealing, theft

   Thae landis are with stouth sae socht, / To extreme povertie are brocht. (Sir Richard Maitland, ‘Agains The Thievis of Liddisdale’)