smiten

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Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *smītan

Pronunciation

Verb

smiten

  1. to smite, to hit, to beat
  2. to fling, to throw

Inflection

Strong class 1
Infinitive smiten
3rd sg. past smêet
3rd pl. past smēten
Past participle gesmēten
Infinitive smiten
In genitive smitens
In dative smitene
Indicative Present Past
1st singular smite smêet
2nd singular smijts, smites smēets, smētes
3rd singular smijt, smitet smêet
1st plural smiten smēten
2nd plural smijt, smitet smēet, smētet
3rd plural smiten smēten
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular smite smēte
2nd singular smijts, smites smētes
3rd singular smite smēte
1st plural smiten smēten
2nd plural smijt, smitet smētet
3rd plural smiten smēten
Imperative Present
Singular smijt, smite
Plural smijt, smitet
Present Past
Participle smitende gesmēten

Descendants

  • Dutch: smijten
  • Limburgish: smiete

Further reading

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old English smītan, from Proto-West Germanic *smītan.

Pronunciation

Verb

smiten

  1. To fight, enter combat, attack
  2. To strike, land an attack; especially to stab, thrust or puncture
  3. To harm, injure, hurt
  4. To slice, divide, smash, separate
  5. To mint, forge, smith
  6. To force away, disperse
  7. To effect, afflict
  8. (rare) To smear, stain

Conjugation

Conjugation of smiten (strong class 1)
infinitive (to) smiten, smite
present tense past tense
1st-person singular smite smot, smet
2nd-person singular smitest smite, smote, smete, smot, smet
3rd-person singular smiteth, smit smot, smet
subjunctive singular smite smite1, smote1, smete1
imperative singular —
plural2 smiten, smite smiten, smite, smoten, smote, smeten, smete
imperative plural smiteth, smite —
participles smitynge, smitende smiten, smite, ysmiten, ysmite

1Replaced by the indicative in later Middle English.
2Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Descendants

References

Old English

Pronunciation

Verb

smīten

  1. plural present subjunctive of smītan

Verb

smiten

  1. plural preterite subjunctive of smītan

Participle

smiten

  1. past participle of smītan
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