English

Alternative forms

• steet, stutt stuit, stoot, stout

Verb

stut ‎(third-person singular simple present stuts, present participle stutting, simple past and past participle stutted)

1. (Scotland, Northern England) 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 stut)

1. (Scotland, Northern England) A support.

   These stuts bucked.‎

References

• The Dictionary of the Scots Language

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.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Skelton to this entry?)

Norwegian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stʉːt/

Noun

stut m

1. bull

Inflection

Synonyms

• okse, tyr