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smíc

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
smíc, sméc, smýc, es ; m.
Smoke, vapour, steam
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  • Swelce se bitresta smíc,

      Ors. 3, 11 ; Swt. 142, 20.

  • Smíc

    fumus,

      Ælfc. Gr. 8 ; Zup. 28, 12 : Ex. 19, 18 : Homl. Th. ii. 68, 20.

  • Hí losiaþ swá swá sméc,

      Bt. 27, 3 ; Fox 98, 31 : Ps. Th. 36, 19.

  • Smýc,

      Hpt. Gl. 501, 78 : Shrn. 52, 33.Ða þicnyssa smíces stigon upp on ǽlce healfe, Homl. Skt. i. 23, 36.
  • Ða ýsla up flugon mid ðam smíce. Gen. 19, 18 : Homl. Th. i. 530, 34.

  • Se wǽta gǽþ up swylce mid smíce oððe miste,

      Lchdm. iii. 278, 9.

  • Sméce gelíce

    sicut fumus,

      Ps. Th. 101, 3.

  • On ðam fýre and on ðam smýce,

      Homl. Th. ii. 202, 32.

  • Se wind ðæt fýr and ðone smíc ofer ða wallas dráf,

      Bd. 3, 16; S. 543, 1.
  • Genim spices snǽd, lege on hátne stán, drince ðonne smíc. Lchdm. ii. 58, 17.

  • Ðonne hé (

    the root

    ) tóbrocen byþ, hé rýcþ eal swylce hé smíc of him ásænde, i.
      260, 9.

  • Ðæs drinces smýe heora eágan onfón,

      348, 22.

  • Sméc

    vaporem,

      Ps. Surt. ii. p. 202, 15.
Etymology
[Ne michte ut seon for smike, O. E. Homl. i. 161, 16, Smeche, ii. 220, 18. Smiche, 258, 20. Smec off recless, Orm. 1088. Smeke or smoke, Prompt. Parv. 460. M. H. Ger. smouch: Ger. , schmauch.]
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v. smoca.
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v.  sméc smoca.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “smíc.” 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/28142.

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