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 stötta (“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

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stʏt/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ʏt

Etymology 1

Deverbal from stutten.

Noun

stut m (plural stutten, diminutive stutje n)

1. support, prop

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

stut

1. inflection of stutten:
   1. first/second/third-person singular present indicative
   2. imperative

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

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

Old English

Etymology

Unknown

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stuːt/

Noun

stūt m

1. gnat, midge, biting fly

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	stūt	stūtas
accusative	stūt	stūtas
genitive	stūtes	stūta
dative	stūte	stūtum

Descendants

• Middle English: stout
  • English: stout

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

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	stut	stuts
	definite	stuten	stutens
plural	indefinite	stutar	stutars
	definite	stutarna	stutarnas

Synonyms

• oxe

References

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

Anagrams

• tuts