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Old English
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Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *smirwijan.
Pronunciation
Verb
smierwan (Early West Saxon)
- to smear, anoint
- 10th century, DOMINICA SEXTA IN QUADRAGESIMA
Cwæþ sē wrītere þæt Maria genōme ān pund deorwyrþre smyrenesse, & smyrede mid þæs Hǣlendes fēt, & mid hire loccum dregde- The author said that Mary took one pound of precious oils and anointed with them the Savior's feet, and then dried them with locks .
- Mid-10th century, Bald's Leechbook, Royal 12 D. xvii, fol. 72 b.
Þā men þū sċealt smerwan mid þȳ ele þe mon wermōd on sēoðe.- You must smear them with the oil that is boiled in wormwood.
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