Stithy
/ˈstɪð.i/noun
A smithy or forge, especially in Northern English and Scots, or the anvil within one.
Did you know?The word is closely tied to the old Germanic vocabulary of firmness and the anvil, whose name evokes the hardness required to reshape metal by force.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Germanic
Proto-Germanic
*stiþjō
“Anvil; a hard, firm object used in metalworking”
Old English
Old English
stiþe
“Anvil”
Middle English
Middle English
stithy
“A forge or smith’s workplace; also an anvil”
15th–16th Century
English
stithy
“A smithy, especially in northern dialects”
Modern English
English
stithy
“A forge or anvil, chiefly dialectal or Scots”