stouth

From Middle English stulth, from Old Norse stuldr (“stealing, theft”). Cognate with Swedish stöld (“stealing, theft”).

• IPA^(key): /stuθ/

stouth (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) Stealing, theft.

   Thae landis are with stouth sae socht, / To extreme povertie are brocht. (Sir Richard Maitland, ‘Agains The Thievis of Liddisdale’)

2. (obsolete) A secret or clandestine transaction.

• stouthrief