different between stour vs stur

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English store, stoor, stour (“tall, powerful”), from Old English st?r (“tall, great, mighty, strong”), from Proto-Germanic *st?raz, *st?rijaz (“great, big, strong”), from Proto-Indo-European *st?r-, *st?r- (“big, bulky”). 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.

Alternative forms

• stoor, stoore, stoure, stowr, stuir, stur, sture, sturry

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?st??/, /?st??/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?st??/, /?st?(?)?/

Adjective

stour (comparative more stour, superlative most stour)

1. (now rare outside dialects) Tall; large; stout.
2. (now rare outside dialects) Strong; powerful; hardy; robust; sturdy.
3. (now rare outside dialects) Bold; audacious.
4. (now rare outside dialects) Rough in manner; stern; austere; ill-tempered.
5. (now rare outside dialects, of a voice) Rough; hoarse; deep-toned; harsh.
6. (now rare outside dialects, of land or cloth) Stiff; inflexible.
7. (obsolete) Resolute; unyielding.

Derived terms

• stourly
• stourness

Adverb

stour (comparative more stour, superlative most stour)

1. (now chiefly dialectal) Severely; strongly.

Etymology 2

From Middle English stoure, stourre, from Old Norse staurr (“a stake, pale”), from Proto-Germanic *stauraz (“pole, support”), from Proto-Indo-European *st?- (“to stand, place”). Cognate with Icelandic staur (“a stake, pole”), Ancient Greek ??????? (staurós, “a stake, cross”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?sta??/, /?sta?.?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?sta???/, /?sta??/

Noun

stour (plural stours)

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.

Etymology 3

From Middle English stour, stor (“conflict”) from Anglo-Norman estur (“conflict, struggle”), from Old French estour, estor, estorme, estourmie, estormie (“battle, assault, conflict, tumult”), from Vulgar Latin *estorma, *storma (“battle, conflict, storm”), from Frankish *sturm (“storm, commotion, battle”), from Proto-Germanic *sturmaz (“storm”). Akin to Old High German sturm (“battle, storm”). More at storm.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?st??/, /?st??/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?st??/, /?st?(?)?/

Noun

stour (plural stours)

1. (obsolete) An armed battle or conflict.
   • , Book V:

     Then there began a passyng harde stoure, for the Romaynes ever wexed ever bygger.

   • 1600, Edward Fairfax, The Jerusalem Delivered of Tasso, XII, xv:

     This pair, who past have many a dreadful stour, / And proffer now to prove this venture stout, / Alone to this attempt let them go forth, / Alone than thousands of more price and worth.

2. (obsolete) A time of struggle or stress.
3. (now dialectal) Tumult, commotion; confusion.
4. (Britain dialectal, Ulster) A blowing or deposit of dust; dust in motion or at rest; dust in general.

Verb

stour (third-person singular simple present stours, present participle stouring, simple past and past participle stoured)

1. Alternative form of stoor

Anagrams

• Rusto, Tours, roust, routs, sutor, torus, tours

Middle English

Alternative forms

• stoor

Adjective

stour

1. Alternative form of store

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??(r)

Verb

stur (third-person singular simple present sturs, present participle sturring, simple past and past participle sturred)

1. (largely obsolete) Alternative spelling of stir

Anagrams

• RTUs, Rust, UTRs, rust, ruts, turs

Aromanian

Alternative forms

• sturu

Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly from Latin stylus, stilus. Compare Romanian stur. Cf. also Albanian shtyllë.

Noun

stur n

1. pillar, column
2. post

Derived terms

• sturusescu

See also

• stil, durec

Dalmatian

Etymology

From Latin st?re, present active infinitive of st?.

Verb

stur (past participle stut)

1. to be, it's past participle is used as an auxiliary verb with saite

Elfdalian

Etymology

From Old Norse stórr, from Proto-Germanic *st?raz. Cognate with Swedish stor.

Adjective

stur

1. big, large

Antonyms

• litn

German

Etymology

Via German Low German st?r from Middle Low German st?r, st?re. The word is first attested in standard German in the 19th century, but speedily became part of the core vocabulary. Cognate with Dutch stoer (itself a form of dialectal origin), Swedish stursk and with Old High German st?r, st?ri, stiuri (“strong, big, stately, proud”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?tu???/
• Rhymes: -u???

Adjective

stur (comparative sturer, superlative am stursten)

1. stubborn

Declension

Synonyms

• dickköpfig
• eigensinnig

Derived terms

• Sturheit
• Sturkopf

Related terms

• Steuer

Further reading

• “stur” in Duden online

Norn

Etymology

From Old Norse stórr, from Proto-Germanic *st?raz.

Adjective

stur

1. big
2. tall

Romanian

Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly from Latin stylus, stilus.

Noun

stur m (plural sturi)

1. (rare, dated) icicle
2. (rare, dated, regional) low quality salt that is disposed of
3. (rare, dated, regional) soot, lampblack
4. (rare, dated, regional) slag, dross

Declension

Synonyms

• (icicle): ?ur?ur
• (soot): funingine
• (slag): zgur?