smitan

From Proto-West Germanic *smītan.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsmiː.tɑn/

smītan

1. to daub, smear, pollute, infect
2. to smite

• smitta (“smear, blot, mark, smudge, pollution”)
• besmītan (“besmut, defile, pollute, infect, contaminate”)
• besmītnes (“smuttiness, filthiness, pollution, infection, contamination”)
• ġesmiten (“smeared, smutted, smudged, anointed, polluted, infected, contaminated”)
• *smītende (“infectious, contageous”) (unattested present participle, see Icelandic smitandi)

• Middle English: smiten
  • Scots: smite, smyte
  • English: smite

From Proto-West Germanic *smītan.

smītan

1. to smite

• Middle Low German: smiten

• IPA^(key): [smiˈtan]

smitan (nominative plural smitans)

1. (male or female) smith