stut

English

Etymology 1

Ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *stuttijan. Cognate with German stützen (“to support”), Dutch stutten (“to support”), Danish støtte (“to support”), Norwegian støtte (“to support”), Swedish støtta (“to support”), Icelandic styðja (“to support”).

Alternative forms

• steet, stutt stuit, stoot, stout

Verb

stut (third-person singular simple present stuts, present participle stutting, simple past and past participle stutted)

1. (Scotland, Northern England, transitive) To support, prop up.

   When the upper storey of the house was altered the roof had to be stutted up for the time being.

Noun

stut (plural stuts)

1. (Scotland, Northern England) A support.

   These stuts buckled.

References

• The Dictionary of the Scots Language
• An historical dictionary

Etymology 2

From Middle English stutten (“to stammer, stop short”), from Old English *stuttan (“to stop short, stutter”), from Proto-Germanic *stutjaną (“to stammer, stop short”). Cognate with German stutzen (“to hesitate, stumble, stop short”).

Verb

stut (third-person singular simple present stuts, present participle stutting, simple past and past participle stutted)

1. (obsolete) To stutter.
   • a. 1529, John Skelton, The Tunning of Elenor Rumming

     Another brought a spycke Of a bacon flycke;
     Her tonge was verye quycke,
     But she spake somwhat thycke:
     Her felow did stammer and stut

References

• “stut”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• Utts, tuts

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse stútr. Cognate with Danish stud, Swedish stut, and English stot.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stʉːt/

Noun

stut m (definite singular stuten, indefinite plural stuter, definite plural stutene)

1. a bull

   Synonyms: okse, tyr

   Coordinate term: ku

References

• “stut” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Anagrams

• sutt, tust

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse stútr. Cognate with Danish stud, Swedish stut, and English stot.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stʉːt/

Noun

stut m (definite singular stuten, indefinite plural stutar, definite plural stutane)

1. a bull

   Synonyms: okse, tyr

   Coordinate term: ku

References

• “stut” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• sutt, tust

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Old English

Etymology

Unknown

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stuːt/

Noun

stūt m

1. gnat, midge, biting fly

Declension

Declension of stūt (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	stūt	stūtas
accusative	stūt	stūtas
genitive	stūtes	stūta
dative	stūte	stūtum

Descendants

• Middle English: stout
  • English: stout

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Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse stútr, from Proto-Germanic *stautōną. Cognate with Danish stud, Norwegian stut, and English stot.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stʉːt/

Noun

stut c

1. steer

Declension

Declension of stut
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	stut	stuten	stutar	stutarna
Genitive	stuts	stutens	stutars	stutarnas

Synonyms

• oxe

References

• stut in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• stut in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• tuts