stalworth
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English stalworth, stal-worth (“physically strong, hardy, robust; brave, courageous”), from Old English stǣlwierþe (“able to stand in good stead, serviceable”),[1] probably from staþol (“establishment; foundation”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- (“to stand (up)”)) or stǣl (“place; condition, stead”) + -wierþe (suffix meaning “able to, capable of”) (probably ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wert- (“to rotate, turn”)). Displaced by stalwart, which forms a doublet. Compare staddle and worth.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈstɔːl.wəθ/, /ˈstɒl-/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈstɔl.wɚθ/, /ˈstɑl-/
- Hyphenation: stal‧worth
Adjective[edit]
stalworth (comparative more stalworth, superlative most stalworth)
- (archaic or obsolete) Stalwart.
- 1863, Sheridan Le Fanu, The House by the Churchyard:
- Our blooming friend, the handsome and stalworth Magnolia, having got a confidential hint from agitated Mrs. Mack, trudged up to the mills, in a fine frenzy, vowing vengeance on Mary Matchwell, for she liked poor Sally Nutter well.
Derived terms[edit]
Noun[edit]
stalworth (plural stalworths)
References[edit]
- ^ “stal-worth, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 13 March 2018.
Anagrams[edit]
Middle English[edit]
Adjective[edit]
stalworth (superlative stalworthest)
- stalworth
- 13th–14th century, Sir Orfeo; republished as Ann S. Haskell, editor, A Middle English Anthology, Detroit, Mich.: Wayne State University Press, 1985, →ISBN, page 247:
- Orfeo was a king, / In Inglond an heighe lording, / A stalworth man and hardi bo, / Large and curteys he was also.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Descendants[edit]
- English: stalworth
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