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Old English
Etymology
From a variant or alteration of Proto-Germanic *smultaz. The expected form smolt occurs, but is not the regular form in West Saxon.
Pronunciation
Adjective
smylte
- calm (of someone's mood)
- calm (of the weather, the sea, etc.)
- late 9th century, King Alfred's of Saint Augustine's Soliloquies
Swā-swā scypes [hlāford], þonne þæt scyp unge-tǣlicost on ancre rīt and sēo sǣ hrēohost byð, ðonne wōt hē ġewiss smelte wedere tōwæard.- So the ship's master, when the ship rideth most unsteadily at anchor and the sea is roughest, then knoweth of a truth that calm weather is coming.
Declension
Declension of smylte — Strong
Declension of smylte — Weak
Descendants