smit
See also: Smit
English edit
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Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
smit
- Alternative spelling of smitt
Etymology 2 edit
See smittle.
Verb edit
smit (third-person singular simple present smits, present participle smitting, simple past and past participle smitted)
- (transitive, UK, obsolete, dialect) To infect.
Noun edit
smit (plural smits)
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Etymology 3 edit
Verb edit
smit
- (obsolete, rare) simple past and past participle of smite
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book IV, Canto IX”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
- Ne yeelded foote, ne once abacke did flit,
But, being doubly smitten, likewise doubly smit
- 1782–1785, William Cowper, “(please specify the page)”, in The Task, a Poem, […], London: […] J[oseph] Johnson; […], →OCLC:
- smit with the beauty of so fair a scene
- 1881–1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island, London, Paris: Cassell & Company, published 14 November 1883, →OCLC:
- Gray not only saved his money, but being suddenly smit with the desire to rise, also studied his profession, and he is now mate and part owner of a fine full-rigged ship, married besides, and the father of a family.
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Etymology edit
From Old High German smid, from Proto-Germanic *smiþaz. Cognate with German Schmied, Dutch smid, English smith.
Noun edit
smit m
References edit
- Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien
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smit n (genitive singular smits, no plural)
Declension edit
declension of smit
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- smita (“to infect”)
Middle Dutch edit
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smit m (stem smed-)
Inflection edit
Declension of smit (strong)
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Further reading edit
- “smit”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “smit (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I