"stith" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /stɪθ/ Forms: more stith [comparative], most stith [superlative]
Etymology: table From Middle English stith (“steady, strong, cruel”), from Old English stīþ (“hard, cruel”), from Proto-West Germanic *stinþ, from Proto-Germanic *stinþaz. Compare also Old Frisian stīth, Middle Low German stīde, Middle Dutch stīde, Old Norse stinnr, Danish stind, Swedish stinn. Etymology templates: {{etymid|en|hard}} table, {{inh|en|enm|stith|id=hard|t=steady, strong, cruel}} Middle English stith (“steady, strong, cruel”), {{inh|en|ang|stīþ||hard, cruel}} Old English stīþ (“hard, cruel”), {{der|en|gmw-pro|*stinþ}} Proto-West Germanic *stinþ, {{der|en|gem-pro|*stinþaz}} Proto-Germanic *stinþaz, {{cog|ofs|stīth}} Old Frisian stīth, {{cog|gml|stīde}} Middle Low German stīde, {{cog|dum|stīde}} Middle Dutch stīde, {{cog|non|stinnr}} Old Norse stinnr, {{cog|da|stind}} Danish stind, {{cog|sv|stinn}} Swedish stinn Head templates: {{en-adj}} stith (comparative more stith, superlative most stith)
  1. (UK, dialect, obsolete) strong; stiff; rigid Tags: UK, dialectal, obsolete
    Sense id: en-stith-en-adj-8zt3bzTL Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 73 27
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: /stɪθ/ Forms: stiths [plural]
Etymology: table From Middle English stith, from Old Norse steði. Compare stithy. Etymology templates: {{etymid|en|anvil}} table, {{der|en|enm|stith|id=anvil}} Middle English stith, {{der|en|non|steði}} Old Norse steði, {{m|en|stithy}} stithy Head templates: {{en-noun}} stith (plural stiths)
  1. (obsolete) An anvil; a stithy. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-stith-en-noun-Nh9YIlfb
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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