Styen

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    stone Northumbria, uncountable

    "Huge abutments o' styen, aw think they are call'd"

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rockpitpitrockgemlapidate

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"Huge abutments o' styen, aw think they are call'd"

Etymology

From Northern Middle English stan, stane, from Old English stān, from Proto-Germanic *stainaz. Cognate with German Stein, Swedish sten, Dutch steen.

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