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smeortung

(n.)
Grammar
smeortung, e ; f.
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Smarting, itching Smertung (printed emertung) prurigo, Wrt. Voc. i. 20, 5

Linked entry: emertung

smeortan

(v.)
Grammar
smeortan, p. smeart, pl. smurton; pp. smorten

To smart ⬩ dolere

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To smart Gnættas cómon mid fýrsmeortendum bitum ignitos ciniphes Ors. i, 7; Swt. 36, 30. [ Þenne akeþ his heorte and smerteð O. E. Homl. ii. 207, 21. Hire ne oc, ne ne smeart 21, 27. Ðenne wile his heorte aken and smerten 207, 34. Me iveleð hit bitterliche

Linked entries: smorcenne smeart

smeortan

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Add:(?) : to burn Tó smorcenne (smeortenne? Cf. O. H. Ger. smerzan cremare) arsuros, An. Ox. 1431

smeart

(adj.; adv.)
Grammar
smeart, adj.

Smart, painful

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[Gif þi sulf one smerte discepline drauh þet swete likunge into smeortunge A. R. 294, 12. Stede and twei sporen and ane smearte ʒerd O. E. Homl. i. 243, 23. Mid smerte smiten of smale longe ȝerden ii. 207, 6.

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