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2026-03-27 10:51 UTC
Today I learned the word 'stirk', meaning yearling bull or bullock. Less commonly a young heifer.
Usage seems to be confined to Scotland, Norn Iron and parts of England.
Old English stirc, perhaps from stēor + -oc, -oc meaning small or young.
America stuck with stēor and got steer. We prepended the -oc with bull to get bullock.
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