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stut en · NOUN · etymology 1

Etymology

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”).

Meanings

1. (Northern-England, Scotland) A support.
   • These stuts buckled.

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stut en · VERB · etymology 1

Etymology

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”).

Meanings

1. (Northern-England, Scotland, 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.

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stut en · VERB · etymology 2

Etymology

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”).

Meanings

1. (obsolete) To stutter.
   • Another brought a spycke Of a bacon flycke; Her tonge was verye quycke, But she spake somwhat thycke: Her felow did stammer and stut a. 1529, John Skelton, The Tunning of Elenor Rumming:

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