stuk and stuke - Middle English Compendium

Middle English Dictionary Entry

stuk(e adj.

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Entry Info

Forms	stuk(e adj. Also stug.
Etymology	?Cp. MDu. stuc, stucke piece.

Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)

Note: Cp. scut(e adj.

1.

(a) Short, brief; (b) ?as noun: a short garment; (c) as surname.

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a

(1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)481 : Stuk, short [KC: stug, stukkid]: Curtus, brevis.

b

(1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)481 : Stuk [Win: Stuke] or schort gar ment [KC: stukkyd clothe]: Nepticula.

c

(1256) in Madox Form.Angl.(1702)223 : Willelmi Stuke.