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smylte

  • adjective
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smylte, adj.
Wright's OE grammar
§434;
Quiet, tranquil, calm, serene.
of physical calmness
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  • Se mónaþ (

    June

    ) is nemned on úre geþeóde se ǽrra líða, for ðon seó lyft biþ þonne smylte,
      Shrn. 87, 34.
  • Swilce seó heofone ðonne heó smylte (

    serenum

    ) byþ,
      Ex. 24, 10.
  • Hyt byþ smylte weder,

      Mt. Kmbl. 16, 2.
  • Smylte weder biþ ðý þancwyrþre, gif hit hwéne ǽr biþ stearce stormas and micle rénas and snáwas,

      Bt. 23; Fox 78, 26.
  • Smylte reng

    pluvia serena,

      Bd. 4, 13; S. 582, 34.
  • Smelt hagol

    imber serotinus

    (v. smolt),
      Kent. Gl. 560.
  • Swá biþ sǽ smilte,

      Exon. Th. 336, 26; Gn. Ex. 55.
  • Sió án hýþ byþ simle smyltu æfter eallum ýstum

    that haven is ever calm after all the storms,

      Bt. 34, 8; Fox 144, 28.
  • Smylte is se sigewong,

      Exon. Th. 199, 29; Ph. 23.
  • Smeltre

    intempestae, tranquillae, serenae,

      Hpt. Gl. 495, 4.
  • Swíðe eáðe mæg on smyltre sǽ ungelǽred scipstiéra genóh ryhte stiéran,

      Past. 9; Swt. 59, 1.
  • Ðonne heó baðaþ hí on smyltum wætre,

      Shrn. 85, 21.
  • Smylte wedere

    aure tenuis,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 4, 56.
  • Seó sǽ mót brúcan smyltra ýþa,

      Bt. 7, 3; Fox 20, 23.
  • Ic becume tó ðære smyltestan hýðe, Guthl. prol.; Gdwin. 4, 20. I a.

    gentle, mild,

    of the wind :-- Þurh ðone smyltan súþan-westernan wind,
      Bt. 4; Fox 8, 8.
  • Hé ýste mæg oncyrran ðæt him windes hweoðu weorðeþ smylte statuit procellam in auram, Ps. Th. 106, 28. I b. fig. favourable, prosperous :-- Smyltum belimpum

    successibus,

    Anglia xiii.
      32, 132.
of mental calm,
placid, serene, tranquil, unruffled
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  • Cild ácenned smylte

    a child born on the ninth day of the moon will be placid,

      Lchdm. iii. 188, 12.
  • Hé smylte móde and blíþe (

    placida mente

    ) him eall forlét,
      Bd. 3, 22; S. 553, 20.
  • Ðá frægn hé hwæðer hí ealle smylte mód (

    placidum animum

    ) tó him hæfdon,
      4, 24; S. 598, 40.
  • Mid smyltre willsumesse

    tranquilla devotione,

      S. 599, 9, 10.
  • Smylte ł blíðelíce árfæstnisse

    sinceram pietatem,

      Rtl. 48, 28.
  • Smyltum þohtum

    sinceris mentibus,

      7, 21: 16, 37.
Similar entries
v. mere-smylte; smolt, smyltness.
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v.  smelte smolt.
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