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English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Noun
smit
- Alternative spelling of smitt
Etymology 2
See smittle.
Verb
smit (third-person singular simple present smits, present participle smitting, simple past and past participle smitted)
- (transitive, UK, obsolete, dialect) To infect.
Noun
smit (plural smits)
- (UK, obsolete, dialect) An infection.
- (UK, obsolete, dialect) A stain.
Etymology 3
Verb
smit
- (obsolete, rare) simple past and past participle of smite
1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book IV, Canto IX”, in The Faerie Queene. , London: [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:Ne yeelded foote, ne once abacke did flit,
But, being doubly smitten, likewise doubly smit
1881–1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island, London; Paris: Cassell & Company, published 14 November 1883, →OCLC:Gray not only saved his money, but being suddenly smit with the desire to rise, also studied his profession, and he is now mate and part owner of a fine full-rigged ship, married besides, and the father of a family.
Anagrams
Cimbrian
Etymology
From Old High German smid, from Proto-Germanic *smiþaz. Cognate with German Schmied, Dutch smid, English smith.
Noun
smit m
- (Tredici Comuni, Sette Comuni) smith
References
Icelandic
Pronunciation
Noun
smit n (genitive singular smits, no plural)
- (pathology) infection
Declension
Declension of smit (sg-only neuter)
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch *smith
Pronunciation
Noun
smit m (stem smed-)
- smith
Inflection
Declension of smit (strong)
Descendants
Further reading
North Frisian
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *smītaną.
Pronunciation
Verb
smit
- (Sylt) to throw
Conjugation
Conjugation of
smit (
Sylt dialect)
infinitive I
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smit
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infinitive II
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(tö) smiten
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past participle
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smeten
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imperative
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smit
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present
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past
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1st singular
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smit
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smeet
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2nd singular
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smetst
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smeetst
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3rd singular
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smet
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smeet
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plural / dual
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smit
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smeet
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perfect
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pluperfect
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1st singular
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haa smeten
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her smeten
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2nd singular
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heest smeten
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herst smeten
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3rd singular
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heer smeten
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her smeten
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plural / dual
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haa smeten
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her smeten
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future (skel)
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future (wel)
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1st singular
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skel smit
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wel smit
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2nd singular
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sket smit
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wet smit
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3rd singular
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skel smit
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wel smit
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plural / dual
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skel smit
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wel smit
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Old English
Pronunciation
Verb
smīt
- inflection of smītan:
- third-person singular present indicative
- singular imperative