stut

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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”).

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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.
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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

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse stútr. Cognate with Danish stud, Swedish stut, and English stot.

Pronunciation

Noun

stut m (definite singular stuten, indefinite plural stuter, definite plural stutene)

  1. a bull
    Synonyms: okse, tyr
    Coordinate term: ku

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse stútr. Cognate with Danish stud, Swedish stut, and English stot.

Pronunciation

Noun

stut m (definite singular stuten, indefinite plural stutar, definite plural stutane)

  1. a bull
    Synonyms: okse, tyr
    Coordinate term: ku

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Old English

Etymology

Unknown

Pronunciation

Noun

stūt m

  1. gnat, midge, biting fly

Declension

Declension of stut (strong a-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative stūt stūtas
accusative stūt stūtas
genitive stūtes stūta
dative stūte stūtum

Descendants

  • Middle English: stout

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse stútr, from Proto-Germanic *stautōną. Cognate with Danish stud, Norwegian stut, and English stot.

Pronunciation

Noun

stut c

  1. steer

Declension

Declension of stut 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative stut stuten stutar stutarna
Genitive stuts stutens stutars stutarnas

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