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English
Etymology
From Middle English stulp, stulpe, from Old Norse stólpi (“post, pillar”), from Proto-Germanic *stulpô (“post, pole, pillar”), from Proto-Indo-European *stel- (“to be stiff”). Cognate with Icelandic stólpi, Swedish stolpe, Danish stolpe.
Noun
stulp (plural stulps)
- (UK, dialect) A short stout post used for any purpose, such as the marking of a boundary.
1821, John Care, The Village Minstrel: And Other Poems:Or 'neath the hazel's leafy thatch, On a stulp or mossy ground
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Pronunciation
Noun
stulp f (plural stulpen, diminutive stulpje n)
- Alternative form of stolp
- hut, shelter