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smǽte

  • adjective
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smǽte, adj.
Refined, pure (of gold)
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  • Smaete gold

    obrizum,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 115, 11.

  • Smǽte

    obrizum,

      75, 72.

  • Hié wurdan sóna tó ðam golde ðe man háteþ ðæt is smǽte gold,

    obritsum,

      Shrn. 32, 21.

  • Smǽte gold ðæt in wylme biþ þurh ofnes fýr eall geclǽnsod,

    • Elen. Kmbl. 2616
      • ;
    • El. 1309.

  • Beág on ðam siex hund wæs smǽtes goldes gescyred sceatta.

    • Exon. Th. 324, 8
      • ;
    • Vid. 91
      • :
    • Salm. Kmbl. 29
      • ;
    • Sal. 15.

  • On smǽtum

    in obrizum,

      Hpt. Gl. 449, 10.

  • Hé hét smiðian of smǽtum golde áne lytle róde,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 304, 16
      • :
    • Homl. Skt. i. 2, 113.

  • Kynehelm of smeate gold,

      Chr. 1070; Erl. 209, 7.

  • Guldeue jerde alre gold smeatest,

      Marh. 11, 24.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “smǽte.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/28080.

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