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be-smiþian

  • verb [ weak ]
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to work in metal.
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  • Nim þás næglas and heó besmiþian hát on þínes sunu brídle

    take these nails and order them to be set in thy son's bridle

    (cf. þú þás næglas hát . . . on his brídels dón,
    • El. 1175.
    The Emperour dyde doo sette the nayles in his brydel,
    • H. R. 158, 32),
    • H. R. 17, 9
    • .
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[
O. H. Ger. pi-smidón includere.
]
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Cf. be*-*wyrcan.
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