Stern, starn, sb. star. C.S., 48; Dunbar, G.T. 1; Lindsay, 239, 492. O. N. stjarna, Dan. stjerne, star, Norse stjerna.
Stert, vb. to start, rush. Poet. R., 109, 8. O. N. sterta. For discussion of this word see Skeat.
Stoop, sb. See roop.
Storkyn, vb. to become rigid, stiffen. Dunbar, 248, 48. Norse storkna, coagulate, become rigid. See Wall under storken.
Stot, sb. a young bull, bullock. Montg., C. and S., 1099; A.P.B. 1, 306; Burns, 231, 129, 4. Stratmann derives M. E. stot, "buculus," from Sw. stut; and stot, "caballus," from O. E. stotte. O. N. stútr is rather the source of the former. Norse stut, Dan. stud.
Stour, sb. a pole. Douglas, III, 248, 27. O. N. staur, a pole, a stake, Norse staur, Sw. stör, Dan. and Dano-Norse stör. See the quotation under pocknet.
Stowit, pt. p. cutoff, cropped. Douglas, III, 42, 3. O. N. stúfa, a stump, stýfa, to cut off, Dan. stuve, Sw. stuf, a piece left after the rest has been cut away, styva, to crop, O. Sw., Sw. dial. styva, stuva, id. An O. E. styfician, to root up, occurs once (Leechdoms). See B-T.
Stowp, sb. a pitcher, a beaker. Dunbar, 161, 26. O. N. staup, a beaker, a cup, Norse staup, id., Dan. stöb, O. E. stēap, O. H.G. stouf.
Stray, strae, stra, sb. straw. O. N. strá, Dan., Norse straa, Sw. strå, Cu. strea.
Stroup, (strūp), sb. the spout of a kettle or pump. Burns, 602; Jamieson. O. N. strjúpi, the spurting trunk, Norse strupe and striupe, the throat, gullet, Dan. strube, id., M. E. strūpe, the throat.