Be-smirwan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Be-smirwan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: Related words: be-bíwan), Gr. D. 318, 3. Bismiride (-æ, -a)

Definitions

1 be-smirwan

to besmear, rub with ointment, &c. :-- Besmyra eall ꝥ scínende mid hunigteáre, Lch. iii. 292, 10. ꝥ se lǽce mihte hine be-smyrwian (interlitam, Txts. 71, 1095. Besmyred, Wrt. Voc. ii. 45, 51. [O. H. Ger. pi-smerwan ungere.] be-smirwan

Runic Inscription

ᛒᛖ-ᛋᛗᛁᚱᚹᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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