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be-smítan

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in a physical sense
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  • Se salt bismiten (-smitten, L.) bid,

    • Lk. R. 14, 34
      • .
moral
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  • þæt ic ne sié besmiten

    ne violer,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 61, 63
      • .
of the action of a person
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  • Ic mín fǽmnhád besmát,

    • Hml. S. 23b, 328
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  • þúwoldest þone besmítan þe þú nánwiht yfles on nystest.

    • Bl. H. 85, 36.

  • Ne mæg ꝥ Godes templ beón besmiten,

    • 73, 15
      • .
of the effect of evil
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  • Hwanne besmát hine seó scyld þǽre fealasprecolnesse ?,

    • Bl. H. 169, 4
      • .

  • Ðætte nán unclǽnnes hine ne besmíte

    (polluat),

    • Past. 75, 20
      • .

  • His hand næs besmiten mid ágote-num blóde,

    • Hml. Th. ii. 304, 31
      • .

  • Bið se deáda besmiten

    (incriminated; in culpa,

      Lat. vers.),

  • búton hé frínd hæbbe þe hine clǽnsnian,

    • Ll. Th. i. 290, 12.

  • Hié beóþ besmitene mid firenluste,

    • Bl. H. 25, 8
      • .

  • Besmite*-*num

    pullis (palmis ),

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 92, 52.
Etymology
[
Goth. bi-smeitan ungere
:
O. H. Ger. pi-smízan circumlinere, foedare, violare, contaminare.
]
Entry information
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Bosworth, Joseph. “be-smítan.” 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/40145.

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