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English
Verb
stott (third-person singular simple present stotts, present participle stottin, simple past and past participle stotted)
- (Geordie) Alternative spelling of stot
References
- Todd's Geordie Words and Phrases, George Todd, Newcastle, 1977
Manx
Etymology
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Noun
stott m (genitive singular stitt, plural stitt)
- bullock, steer
Old English
Etymology
Uncertain. Perhaps from Proto-West Germanic *stott, *stutt (“castrated animal, gelding”), from Proto-Germanic *stuttijan (“to mutilate, cut off, castrate”); or alternatively from Proto-Germanic *steutaz, *stūtaz (“something clipped or docked, stump”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewd- (“to bump, push, hit”). Compare Old Norse stútr (“a young ox, bull”) (whence Danish stud (“bullock, steer”)).
Pronunciation
Noun
stott m
- (zoology) an inferior type of horse
Declension
Declension of stott (strong a-stem)
Descendants