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SMÍCAN -- SMIÐIAN. 889

Ða þicnyssa smíces stigon upp on æ-acute;lce healfe, Homl. Skt. i. 23, 36. Ða ýsla up flugon mid ðam smíce. Gen. 19, 18 : Homl. Th. i. 530, 34. Se wæ-acute;ta gæ-acute;þ up swylce mid smíce oððe miste, Lchdm. iii. 278, 9. Sméce gelíce sicut fumus, Ps. Th. 101, 3. On ðam fýre and on ðam smýce, Homl. Th. ii. 202, 32. Se wind ðæt fýr and ðone smíc ofer ða wallas dráf, Bd. 3, 16; S. 543, 1. Genim spices snæ-acute;d, lege on hátne stán, drince ðonne smíc. Lchdm. ii. 58, 17. Ðonne hé (the root) tóbrocen byþ, hé rýcþ eal swylce hé smíc of him ásænde, i. 260, 9. Ðæs drinces smýe heora eágan onfón, 348, 22. Sméc vaporem, Ps. Surt. ii. p. 202, 15. [Ne michte ut seon for smike, O. E. Homl. i. 161, 16, Smeche, ii. 220, 18. Smiche, 258, 20. Smec off recless, Orm. 1088. Smeke or smoke, Prompt. Parv. 460. M. H. Ger. smouch: Ger. , schmauch.] v. smoca.

smícan, smécan; p. te. I. to smoke, emit smoke :-- Muntas smícaþ montes fumigabunt, Ps. Surt. 103, 32 : 143, 5. II. to smoke, fumigate :-- Sume mid pice smícaþ, Lchdm. ii. 236, 9. Nim gáte hæ-acute;r, sméc under ða bréc wið ðæs rægereósan, 146, 3. Smíce mid fearne swíðe ða þeóh, 64, 26. [Wicklif has a wk. past smekide.] v. smeócan, smocian.

smicer; adj. Fair, fine, beautiful, elegant :-- Smicre elegans, loquax, Txts. 59, 737: elegans, Wrt. Voc. ii. 29, 22. Smicerre ansíne eleganti forma, 30, 26. Smicere leóþe carmine rithmico, 23, 24. Windan manigne smicerne wæ-acute;n and manig æ-acute;nlic hús settan and fegerne tún timbrian. Shrn. 163, 16. Hió bit ð æt hí findon twá smicere scencingcuppan intó beódern she asks them to provide two fair goblets for the refectory, Ch. Th. 536, 7. Ðæs smicerestan politissimis. Wrt. Voc. ii. 66, 26. [He warrþ till atell defell off shene smikerr enngeil, Orm. 13679. O. H. Ger. smechar elegans, delicatus.]

smicere; adv. Finely, fairly, elegantly :-- Cræftlíce vel smicere affabre, ic smicere geglengce orno. Wrt. Voc. i. 54, 55-58. Smicere geworhte fabrefactum, ii. 33, 68: Shrn. 165, 27 : Ps. Th. 118, 164, 84. Sió lufu scínþ suiðe smicere (fulgescit). Past. 14, 6; Swt. 87, 9. In burh raðe smicere cymeþ wlitig scríðan þrymlíce on tún Maius, Menol. Fox 150; Men. 76. Ðonne singþ hé smælor and smicror minutas ac tenues voces format, Past. 63 ; Swt. 461, 3.

smicerness, e; f. Elegance, neatness :-- þurh smicernesse and hiwunge hironiam (= per ironiam; irony is explained as combining elegance and dissimulation), Wrt. Vpc. ii. 42, 53.

smidema. v. smedema.

smillan; p. de. I. to cause to crack as a whip, etc. II. intrans. To crack as a whip :-- Under smyllendum gyrdum weóp crepantibus flevit sub ferulis, Germ. 388, 7. [Icel. smella ; p. small to crack, as a whip; smella (wk.) to cause to crack.] v. smæll, and cf. trans, and intrans. forms of miltan.

smilt, smilting. v. smylt, smelting.

smirels, es; m. An unguent, ointment, unction, salve :-- Smyrels vel sealf unguina vel unguenta, Wrt. Voc. i. 49, 29: anguentum. Hé gehæ-acute;lde án mæ-acute;den mid hálwendum smyrelse gehálgodes eles, Homl. Th. ii. 508, 14. We læ-acute;raþ ðæt preósta gehwilc æ-acute;gðer hæbbe ge fulluhtele ge seócum smyrels, L. Edg. C. 66 ; Th. ii. 258, 15. [Nicodemus brouhte smuriles uorte smurien mide ure Louerd, A. R. 372, 18. þat swote smirles þat is icleopet basme, H. M. 13, 21. Kepen ðe lich wiðuten smerles. Gen. and Ex. 2454. þe Magdalene smerede Cristes net mid þe precious smerieles, Ayenb. 187, 32. Dan. smorelse grease.]

smireness, e; f. Ointment, unguent :-- Cwæþ se wrítere ðæt Maria genáme án pund deórwyrðre smyrenesse (smerenesse, 69, 1). . . . Ðeós smerenes wæs geworht of ehtaténe cynna wyrtum, Blickl. Homl. 73, 17-20. Smirinis (smerenisse. Rush. ) unguentum, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 26, 12. Smirenisse unguenti, Rtl. 115, 41. Smyrenisse, Lchdm. i. 346, 9. Mið smiriniss unguento. Lk. Skt. Lind. 7, 38: oleo, 46. Smyrenesse unctum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 91, 35. Smerenessa and sealf, Lchdm. ii. 10, 19: 158, 9. Hié selfe mid smirenissum hié smerwan, 224, 1.

smirian, smiring. v. smirwan, smirwung.

smirwan, smerwan, s. mirewan, smeruwan, smirian, smerian, smyrian; p. smirede, ode To smear, anoint :-- Ic smirie míne flán on blóde. Deut. 32, 42. Ðu smirest unges. Ex. 29, 36. Ðú smyrest linies, Wrt. Voc. ii. 51, 46. On ðam dæge ðe hig man smiraþ in die vnctionis suae, Lev. 6, 20. Smirewaþ (smirjaþ, Hatt, MS. ) eówre eágan mid sealfe. Ðonne wé smirewaþ (smierewaþ, Halt. MS. ) úre heortan eáge mid sealfe, Past. ii ; Swt. 68, 10-12. Smiriaþ, Ps. Surt. 140, 6. Smirede linivit, Wrt. Voc. ii. 74, 15. Smyrede, 51, 47. Smerede unxit, Ps. Spl. 44, 9: Blickl. Homl. 69, 2. Smyrede, 73, 18. Hé worhte fenn and smyrede (smiride, Lind. , Rush. ) míne eágan, Jn. Skt. 9, 11, Mín heáfod ðu mid ele ne smyredest, ðeós smyrede mid sealfe míne fét, Lk. Skt. 7, 46. Smyredon (smiredon, Lind. ), Mk. Skt. 6, 13. Smire mid, Lchdm. ii. 132, 1 (and often). Smyre, i. 216, 5 (and often). Smyra ðin heáfod unge caput tuum, Mt. Kmbl. 6, 17. þweah æ-acute;r ðú hit smeruwe, Lchdm. ii. 156, 2. Gníde and smerwe, 186, 7. Hý hine smyrigon . . . æ-acute;r hé hyne smyrige . . . hine ne mót nán mann smyrigan, L. Ælfc. C. 32; Th. ii. 354, 21-31. Hié selfe mid smirenessum hié smerwan, Lchdm. ii. 224, 1. Ða menn ðú scealt smerwan mid ðý ele, 194, 18: 156, 4. Smirewan, 184, 2: 238, 26. Smyrian, 118, 16. Smerian, Blickl. Homl. 73, 24: 75, 17. Tó smirwanne, Lchdm. ii. 244, 19. To smerwanne, 288, 16. To smergenne, iii. 4, 14. Heó com tó. smyrianne (smiriane, Lind. : smiranne, Rush. ) mínne líchaman, Mk. Skt. 14, 8. [O. H. Ger. pi-smeruit unctus: Icel. smyrja, smyrwa to anoint.] v. á-, be-, ge-, geá-smirwan, -smirian.

smirwung, smiring (-ung), e; f. I. anointing, unction :-- Ðus cwæð se apostol be ðære smyrunge seócra manna, L. Ælfc. C. 32; Th. ii. 354, 27. Gif se seóca man girnþ ðæt man hine smerige, hé dó ðonne his andetnesse æ-acute;r ðare smerunge, and gif hé æfter ðare smyrunge hál wurð, hé mót flæ-acute;sces brúcan. On ðare smyrunge biþ læ-acute;cedðm, L. Ælfc. P. 47, 48; Th. ii. 384, 27-32. II. an ointment :-- Smiring cassia, Ps. Surt. 32, 9. Smyring unguentum, Ps. Spl. 132, 2. Balzaman smiring wið eallum untrumnessum, Lchdm. ii. 174, 7. Smyring, 288, 12. Gif ðú myhtest æ-acute;nig þing fyndan on smyrunge oððe on wyrtum, ðæt ðu myhtest mýne wunde myd gehæ-acute;lan, St. And. 28, 17. Smerwunga wyrce of ele and of wermóde, Lchdm. ii. 182, 16.

smirwung-, smiring-ele, es; m. Oil for anointing :-- Of ðam smiring-ele de oleo unctionis. Ex. 29, 21.

smítan; p. smát, pl. smiton; pp. smiten. I. to daub, smear, smudge :-- Ðú nymst his blód and smítst ofer útewerd Aarones swýðré eáre. Ex. 29, 20. Smát, gemaercode inpingit (cf. inpingit gemearcode vel signal, 45, 59), Wrt. Voc. ii. 111, 57. Genim gáte tord, gemeng wið eced, smít on, Lchdm. ii. 68, 2. Genim ðæs hornes melo, meng wið wætere, smít on, 72, 14. Mid feðere smít on, 102, 8. Smíte mon ða sealfe æ-acute;rest on ðæt heáfod, iii. 14, 29. Smíte of ðam sylfan blóde on ð æs weofodes hyrnan, Lev. 4, 18. Nymon of his blóde and smíton on æ-acute;gðer gedyre, Ex. 12, 7. Ðissa (oil, grease, and tar) ealra emfela and ðara dusta ealra emfela, gemeng eal ceald tósomne, ðæt hit fram ðam wósum eal wel smítende [sí] (may be adapted for smearing), smire mid, Lchdm. ii. 126, 11. [Ofersmit mid ele, 180, 28.] II. to defile, pollute :--Wráþ áþsmíteþ, Exon. Th. 354, 52; Reim. 64. Smiton funestavere, Wrt. Voc. ii. 109, 43. [Goth. be-, ga-smeitan to smear, anoint: O. Frs. smíta to cast: O. H. Ger. smízan linere. Later English takes the word in the sense of strike. In Mt. 26, 68 the later MS. has Hwset ys se þe ðe smat, where the earlier has slóh, Brutus heorn smat on, Laym. 534. He hoff þe swerd to smitenn, Orm. 14677. Ase ofte ase eni hund binimeð þe þine mete, nultu ase ofte smiten? A. R. 324, 23. So in later works.] v. be-, ge-smítan; smittian.

smite (?), es; m. Pollution :-- Mustfleógan vel wurma smite bibiones vel mustiones, Wrt. Voc. i. 23, 75. v. must-fleóge.

smíte, an; f. A foul, miry place (?) :-- Ego mansam in loco qui celebri a solicolis nuncupatur æt Smitan uocabulo ministro meo largitus sum . . . Ðis is ðære ánre híde landgemæ-acute;ru tó Smítan . . . of ðæm sló tó Smítan; of ðære Smítan tó berge, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 166, 2-20. Of smítan on ðone stán . . . of ðære apoldran innan smítan, v. 105, 13 - 36.

smitenness. v. be-smitenness.

smiþ, es; m, A smith, a worker in metals or in wood :-- Cudo ic smiðige; eft gyf ð ú cweðst hic cudo, ðonne byþ hit nama. smiþ, Ælfc. Gr. 36; Zup. 216, 10. Se smiþ ferrarius . . . se treówyrhta ligna-rius, Coll. Monast. Th. 30, 29. Smiþ faber vel cudo. Wrt. Voc. i. 73, 26: faber, 286, 74. Fýres god, helle smiþ Vulcanus, ii. 95, 7. Wæs sum bróðor syndrilíce on smiþcræfte well gelæ-acute;red; þeówode hé swýðe druncennesse and monigum óðrum unálýfednessum ðæs sleacran lífes, and hé má gewunode on his smiþþan dæges and nihtes sittan and licgean, ðonne hé wolde on cyricean singan and gebiddan . . . wið ðon ðe smiþ ðæs þýstran modes and dæ-acute;de his deáþe neálæ-acute;hte . . . , Bd. 5, 14; S. 634, 13-42. Gif smiþ monnes andweorc onfó, hé hit gesund ágife swá hé hit æ-acute;r onfénge, L. Alf. pol. 19; Th. i. 74, 9. Módcræftig smiþ, ðonne hé gewyrceþ helm oððe hupseax. Exon. Th. 297, 2; Cri. 62. Wæ-acute;pna smiþ, Beo. Th. 2908; B. 1452. Hú nys se smiþ (smiþ &l-bar; wyrihte faber, Lind. ) Marian sunu. Mk. Skt. 6, 3. Ðes ys smiþes sunu hic est fabri filius, Mt. Kmbl. 13, 55. Byrne, searonet seowed smiþes orþancum, Beo. Th. 817; B. 406. Gif gesíþcund man fare, ðonne mót hé habban his smiþ mid him, L. In. 63; Th. i. 144, 3. Weorc, handweorc smiþa. Exon. Th. 408, 18; Rä, 27, 14: 388, 16; Rä. 6, 8: 401, 6: Rä. 21, 7. Ic hæbbe smiþas, ísene smiþas, goldsmiþ, seolforsmiþ, ársmiþ, treówwyrhtan, Coll. Monast. Th. 29, 35. In poetical compounds the word is used figuratively, v. gryn-, hleahtor-, lár-, wig-, wíg-, wróht-smiþ. [Goth. aiza-smiþa: O. Frs. smeth, smid: O. H. Ger. smid faber, cudo: Icel. smiðr.] v. ambiht-, ár-, gold-, ísen-, seolfor-, wundor-smiþ.

smiþ-cræft, es; m. Smithcraft, the craft or art of the worker in metal or wood :--Wæs sum brððor syndrilíce on smiþcræfte well gelæ-acute;red erat fabrili arte singularis, Bd. 14; S. 634, 14.

smiþ-cræftig; adj. Skilled as a smith, v. next word.

smiþ-cræftiga, an; m. One skilled in the smith's art :-- Tubal Cain smiþcræftega wæs, Cd. Th. 66, 15; Gen. 1084.

smiðian; p. ode To make out of metal or wood, to fashion, forge :-- Ic smiðige cudo, ðú smiðast cudist, Ælfc. Gr. 36; Zup. 216, 8: 28, 6; Zup. 178, 10. Smiðode oððe gescóp euderet, Wrt. Voc. ii. 19, 36. Hé hét smiðian of smæ-acute;tum golde áne lytle róde. Homl. Th. ii. 304, 16. Smiðian on smæ-acute;tum golde ánre culiran an-lícnysse, Homl. Skt. i. 3, 126. Smeoðed fabricata, Hpt. GL. 418, 3.