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===Etymology 3=== |
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From {{bor|en|sco|strunt|t=human faeces, dung}}, from {{der|en|nl|stront}} or {{der|en|nds|strunt}}, ultimately from {{der|en|gmw-pro|*strunt|t=dirt, filth, dung}}. |
From {{bor|en|sco|strunt|t=human faeces, dung}}, from {{der|en|nl|stront}} or {{der|en|nds|strunt}}, ultimately from {{der|en|gmw-pro|*strunt|t=dirt, filth, dung}}. |
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# {{lb|en|UK|dialectal}} [[foul|Foul]] air; a [[black]], suffocating [[damp]] in a [[colliery]] |
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Revision as of 20:06, 17 October 2021
English
Etymology 1
Of obscure origin. Cognate with Scots strunt (“spirits, whisky, toddy”).
Noun
strunt (countable and uncountable, plural strunts)
- (Scotland, uncountable) Spirituous liquor; alcoholic drink.
- 1785, Robert Burns, Halloween
- Syne, wi' a social glass o' strunt, / They parted aff careerin / Fu' blythe that night.
- 1785, Robert Burns, Halloween
- (Scotland, countable) A drink of spirits; a dram.
- (UK, dialect, countable) A sulky fit; sullenness.
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Compare Middle High German strunze (“stump”).
Noun
strunt (plural strunts)
Etymology 3
From Scots strunt (“human faeces, dung”), from Dutch stront or Low German strunt, ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *strunt (“dirt, filth, dung”).
Noun
strunt (uncountable)
- (UK, dialectal, Scotland) faeces, dung
- (UK, dialectal) Foul air; a black, suffocating damp in a colliery
Swedish
Etymology
From Middle Low German strunt, from Old Saxon *strunt, from Proto-West Germanic *strunt.
Noun
strunt n
- nonsense; that which is not worth paying attention to
Declension
| Declension of strunt | ||||
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| Uncountable | ||||
| Indefinite | Definite | |||
| Nominative | strunt | struntet | — | — |
| Genitive | strunts | struntets | — | — |
Derived terms
Related terms
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- English nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
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- English dialectal terms
- English terms borrowed from Scots
- English terms derived from Scots
- English terms derived from Dutch
- English terms derived from Low German
- English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- Swedish terms borrowed from Middle Low German
- Swedish terms derived from Middle Low German
- Swedish terms derived from Old Saxon
- Swedish terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish nouns
- Swedish neuter nouns