besmittian

Old English

Etymology

By surface analysis, be- +‎ smittian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /beˈsmit.ti.ɑn/

Verb

besmittian

1. to pollute, defile

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “be-smittian”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.