stithy
verbEtymology From Middle English stithy, ultimately from Old Norse steði.
1
To form on an anvil.
stithy
noun/ˈstɪði/
Etymology From Middle English stithy, ultimately from Old Norse steði.
1
An anvil.
- how to forge his sword upon the stithy, as well as how to use it in battle1825 June 22, [Walter Scott], Tales of the Crusaders. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne and Co.] for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co., →OCLC:
2
A blacksmith's smithy or forge.
- As foul as Vulcan's stithy.c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii]: