Be-smittian
Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - be-smittian
According to the Old English Dictionary:
- 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