Old English Dictionary Entry

Be-smittian

Related words: smittian

Definitions

1 definitions

1 be-smittian

p. od To pollute, defile, (i) physical :-- Besmittod blæc caccabatum atramentum, An. Ox. 4156. (2) moral :-- Heora for-mænig mid ídelum lofe byþ besmittad multos ex eis cenodoxiae morbus commaculat, R. Ben. 139, 19. in Dict. be-smittian

Similar Words

-bald
-bátian, -bátung
-beámed(e)
-beámen
-bearde, -beardede

Runic Inscription

ᛒᛖ-ᛋᛗᛁᛏᛏᛁᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Works & Authors

An.: Andreas (OE poem)
R.: Riddles (Exeter Book)

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