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smorian

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
smorian, p. ode
To choke, suffocate
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  • Wyrgeþ vel smoraþ

    st[r]angulat,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 121, 32.
  • Se esne genimende smorede hine (

    suffocabat eum

    ),
      Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 18, 28.
  • Ða þornas smoradun (

    suffocaverunt

    ) hiǽ,
      13, 7.
Etymology
[Wend he smore þat sede, C. M. 5573. All suld be smored, Pr. C. 7601. Smore wythe smeke fumigo, smoryd famigatus, smorynge fumigacio, Prompt. Parv. 461. Halliwell gives smore as a word in northern dialects, and quotes Hall's Chronicles; and smoor is given as a Lincolnshire word, E. D. S. Pub.]
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v. á-, for-, of-smorian.
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