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Scots
Etymology
From Middle English stulth, from Old Norse stuldr (“stealing, theft”). Cognate with Swedish stöld (“stealing, theft”).
Pronunciation
Noun
stouth (uncountable)
- (obsolete) Stealing, theft.
- Thae landis are with stouth sae socht, / To extreme povertie are brocht. (Sir Richard Maitland, ‘Agains The Thievis of Liddisdale’)
- (obsolete) A secret or clandestine transaction.
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