stour

(Engels)

Adj

1. (dialectal, regional) Tall; large; stout.
2. (dialectal, regional) Strong; powerful; hardy; robust; sturdy.
3. (dialectal, regional) Bold; audacious.
4. (dialectal, regional) Rough in manner; stern; austere; ill-tempered.
5. (dialectal, regional) Rough; hoarse; deep-toned; harsh.
6. (dialectal, regional, usually) Inflexible, stiff.
7. (obsolete) Resolute; unyielding.

Noun

A blowing or deposit of dust; dust in motion or at rest; dust in general.

Adv

Severely; strongly.

Noun

1. A stake.
2. A round of a ladder.
3. A stave in the side of a wagon.
4. A large pole by which barges are propelled against the stream; a poy.

Noun

1. (obsolete) An armed battle or conflict.
2. (obsolete) A time of struggle or stress.
3. (dialectal) Tumult, commotion; confusion.

Verb

Alternative form of stoor.

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈstɔː/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: store

Geërf van Old English: stōr

Verwante met Skots: stour

Verwante met Saterfriesisch: stor

Verwante met Deens: -

Verwante met Sweeds: -

Verwante met Noors: -

Verwante met Yslands: stórr

Verwante met Pools: stary

Verwante met Yslands: staur

Verwante met Antieke Grieks: σταυρός

Geërf van Middle English: stour

Verwante met Old High German: sturm

In summary

From Middle English store, stoor, stour (“tall, powerful”), from Old English stōr (“tall, great, mighty, strong”), from Proto-West Germanic *stōr, from Proto-Germanic *stōraz, *stōrijaz (“great, big, strong”), from Proto-Indo-European *stā-r-, *stō-r- (“steadfast, firm; standing tall; big, bulky”).
Cognates
Akin to Scots stour (“tall, large, great, stout”), Saterland Frisian stor (“great, many”), Danish, Swedish and Norwegian stor (“large, great”), Icelandic stórr (“large, tall”), Polish stary (“old, ancient”), Albanian stër- (“big, huge”). Compare also stoor, steer, stately.

Vertalings

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σκληραγωγημένος

durus

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