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smirwan

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
smirwan, smerwan, s. mirewan, smeruwan, smirian, smerian, smyrian; p. smirede, ode
To smear, anoint
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  • Ic smirie míne flán on blóde. Deut. 32, 42.

  • Ðu smirest

    unges.

      Ex. 29, 36.

  • Ðú smyrest

    linies,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 51, 46.

  • On ðam dæge ðe hig man smiraþ

    in die vnctionis suae,

      Lev. 6, 20.

  • Smirewaþ (smirjaþ,

      Hatt, MS. )
    eówre eágan mid sealfe. Ðonne wé smirewaþ (smierewaþ, Halt. MS. ) úre heortan eáge mid sealfe, Past. ii ; Swt. 68, 10-12.

  • Smiriaþ,

      Ps. Surt. 140, 6.

  • Smirede

    linivit,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 74, 15.

  • Smyrede,

      51, 47.

  • Smerede

    unxit,

      Ps. Spl. 44, 9: Blickl. Homl. 69, 2.

  • Smyrede,

      73, 18.

  • Hé worhte fenn and smyrede (smiride,

      Lind. , Rush. ) míne eágan, Jn. Skt. 9, 11,
    Mín heáfod ðu mid ele ne smyredest, ðeós smyrede mid sealfe míne fét, Lk. Skt. 7, 46.

  • Smyredon (smiredon,

      Lind. ), Mk. Skt. 6, 13.

  • Smire mid, Lchdm. ii. 132, 1 (and often). Smyre, i. 216, 5 (and often). Smyra ðin heáfod

    unge caput tuum,

      Mt. Kmbl. 6, 17.
    þweah ǽr ðú hit smeruwe, Lchdm. ii. 156, 2.

  • Gníde and smerwe,

      186, 7.

  • Hý hine smyrigon . . . ǽr hé hyne smyrige . . . hine ne mót nán mann smyrigan,

      L. Ælfc. C. 32; Th. ii. 354, 21-31.

  • Hié selfe mid smirenessum hié smerwan,

      Lchdm. ii. 224, 1.

  • Ða menn ðú scealt smerwan mid ðý ele,

      194, 18: 156, 4.

  • Smirewan,

      184, 2: 238, 26.

  • Smyrian,

      118, 16.

  • Smerian,

      Blickl. Homl. 73, 24: 75, 17.

  • Tó smirwanne,

      Lchdm. ii. 244, 19.

  • To smerwanne,

      288, 16.
  • To smergenne, iii. 4, 14.

  • Heó com tó. smyrianne (smiriane,

      Lind. : smiranne, Rush. ) mínne líchaman, Mk. Skt. 14, 8.
Etymology
[O. H. Ger. pi-smeruit unctus: Icel. smyrja, smyrwa to anoint.]
Similar entries
v. á-, be-, ge-, geá-smirwan, -smirian.
Linked entries
v.  smerian smerwan smirian smyrian.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “smirwan.” 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/28155.

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