styen

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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.

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8
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5

Definition of styen

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (Northumbria, uncountable)stone
    “Huge abutments o' styen, aw think they are call'd”
    “Ye wad thought his feet was myed o' styen, He gaw sic thuds wi' dancin-o”
    “Te kill a fish, or owt else, thoo Must hev a heart o' styen, man”
    “He's warked as debbity an' been night lost— Haaf barried under sum greet faall o' styen”

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Etymology

From Northern Middle English stan, stane, from Old English stān, from Proto-Germanic *stainaz. Cognate with German Stein, Swedish sten, Dutch steen.

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