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smirels

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
smirels, es; m.
An unguent, ointment, unction, salve
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  • Smyrels vel sealf unguina vel unguenta, Wrt. Voc. i. 49, 29:

    anguentum.

    Hé gehǽlde án mǽden mid hálwendum smyrelse gehálgodes eles,
      Homl. Th. ii. 508, 14.
  • We lǽraþ ðæt preósta gehwilc ǽgðer hæbbe ge fulluhtele ge seócum smyrels,

      L. Edg. C. 66 ; Th. ii. 258, 15.
Etymology
[Nicodemus brouhte smuriles uorte smurien mide ure Louerd, A. R. 372, 18. þat swote smirles þat is icleopet basme, H. M. 13, 21. Kepen ðe lich wiðuten smerles. Gen. and Ex. 2454. þe Magdalene smerede Cristes net mid þe precious smerieles, Ayenb. 187, 32. Dan. smorelse grease.]
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v.  smyrels.
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  • smirels, n.