smit
See also: Smit
English
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editNoun
editsmit
- Alternative spelling of smitt
Etymology 2
editSee smittle.
Verb
editsmit (third-person singular simple present smits, present participle smitting, simple past and past participle smitted)
- (transitive, UK, obsolete, dialect) To infect.
Noun
editsmit (plural smits)
Related terms
editEtymology 3
editVerb
editsmit
- (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.
Anagrams
editCimbrian
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Old High German smid, from Proto-Germanic *smiþaz. Cognate with German Schmied, Dutch smid, English smith.
Noun
editsmit 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
Icelandic
editPronunciation
editNoun
editsmit n (genitive singular smits, no plural)
Declension
editdeclension of smit
Related terms
edit- smita (“to infect”)
Middle Dutch
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
editsmit m (stem smed-)
Inflection
editDeclension of smit (strong)
Alternative forms
editDescendants
editFurther 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
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