smit

See also: Smit

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /smɪt/
• Rhymes: -ɪt

Etymology 1

Noun

smit

1. 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)

1. (transitive, UK, obsolete, dialect) To infect.

Noun

smit (plural smits)

1. (UK, obsolete, dialect) An infection.
2. (UK, obsolete, dialect) A stain.

Related terms

• smittle

Etymology 3

Verb

smit

1. (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

   • 1782–1785, William Cowper, “(please specify the page)”, in The Task, a Poem, […], London: […] J[oseph] Johnson;  […], →OCLC:

     smit with the beauty of so fair a scene

   • 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

• ISTM, ITSM, MIST, MiST, TIMS, TIMs, TMIs, Tims, mist, stim

Cimbrian

Alternative forms

• smitt (Luserna)

Etymology

From Old High German smid, from Proto-Germanic *smiþaz. Cognate with German Schmied, Dutch smid, English smith.

Noun

smit m

1. (Tredici Comuni, Sette Comuni) smith

References

• Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /smɪːt/
• Rhymes: -ɪːt

Noun

smit n (genitive singular smits, no plural)

1. (pathology) infection

Related terms

• smita (“to infect”)

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *smith

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /smɪt/

Noun

smit m (stem smed-)

1. smith

Inflection

Declension of smit (strong)

	Singular	Plural
nominative	smit	smede
accusative	smit	smede
genitive	smits	smede
dative	smede	smeden

Alternative forms

• smet

Descendants

• Dutch: smid
  • Afrikaans: smid
  • Negerhollands: smid
  • → Munsee: shumát
  • → Papiamentu: smet, smid
  • → Sranan Tongo: smeti, smitti
    • → Saramaccan: simítima
  • → Unami: shëmìt, shmìt
• Limburgish: smeid, smieëd

Further reading

• “smit”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “smit (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /smiːt/

Verb

smīt

1. inflection of smītan:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. singular imperative