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smiðian

  • verb [ weak ]
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smiðian, p. ode
To make out of metal or wood, to fashion, forge
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  • Ic smiðige cudo, ðú smiðast

    cudist

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      Ælfc. Gr. 36; Zup. 216, 8: 28, 6; Zup. 178, 10.

  • Smiðode oððe gescóp

    euderet,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 19, 36.
  • Hé hét smiðian of smǽtum golde áne lytle róde. Homl. Th. ii. 304, 16.

  • Smiðian on smǽtum golde ánre culiran an-lícnysse,

      Homl. Skt. i. 3, 126.

  • Smeoðed

    fabricata,

      Hpt. GL. 418, 3.
Etymology
[Brien enne smið funde þe wel cuðe smiðie . . . þe smið gon to smiðeȝe ane pic, Laym. 30742-9. Ofte a ful hawur smið smeoðið a ful woc knif, A. R. 52, 8. A smith that in his forge smithed plowharneis, Chauc. C. T. 3760. To smythye wepne into sikul or to sithe, Piers P. 3, 305. Goth. ga-smiþón: O. H. Ger. smidón fabricare, cudere: Icel. smiða.]
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v. a-, be-, ge-smiðian.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “smiðian.” 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/28166.

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