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Stith

//stɪθ// adj, name, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    strong; stiff; rigid UK, dialectal, obsolete
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
Noun
  1. 1
    An anvil; a stithy. obsolete

    "strike on the stith while the iron was hot"

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English stith, from Old Norse steði. Compare stithy.

Etymology 2

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 3

English surname of uncertain origin. Compare the obscure adjective stith (“hard, strong”), which could be related to stithy (“anvil”).

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