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stut

English

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Etymology 1

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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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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.

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stut (plural stuts)

  1. (Scotland, Northern England) A support.
    These stuts buckled.
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Etymology 2

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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”).

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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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Dutch

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /stʏt/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ʏt

Etymology 1

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Deverbal from stutten.

Noun

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stut m (plural stutten, diminutive stutje n)

  1. support, prop

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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stut

  1. inflection of stutten:
    1. first/second/third-person singular present indicative
    2. imperative

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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

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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

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Etymology

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

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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

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Etymology

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Unknown

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stūt m

  1. gnat, midge, biting fly

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Strong a-stem:

singular plural
nominative stūt stūtas
accusative stūt stūtas
genitive stūtes stūta
dative stūte stūtum

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  • Middle English: stout

Swedish

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Etymology

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

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stut c

  1. steer

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Declension of stut
nominative genitive
singular indefinite stut stuts
definite stuten stutens
plural indefinite stutar stutars
definite stutarna stutarnas

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