stouth
Scots
Etymology
From Old Norse stuþr.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /stuθ/
Noun
stouth (uncountable)
- (obsolete) stealing, theft
- Thae landis are with stouth sae socht, / To extreme povertie are brocht. (Sir Richard Maitland, ‘Agains The Thievis of Liddisdale’)