Smireness

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - smireness

According to the Old English Dictionary:

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smireness
f. Ointment, unguent :-- Cwæþ se wrítere ðæt Maria genáme án pund deórwyrðre smyrenesse (smerenesse, 69, 1). . . . Ðeós smerenes wæs geworht of ehtaténe cynna wyrtum, Blickl. Homl. 73, 17-20. Smirinis (smerenisse. Rush. ) unguentum, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 26, 12. Smirenisse unguenti, Rtl. 115, 41. Smyrenisse, Lchdm. i. 346, 9. Mið smiriniss unguento. Lk. Skt. Lind. 7, 38: oleo, 46. Smyrenesse unctum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 91, 35. Smerenessa and sealf, Lchdm. ii. 10, 19: 158, 9. Hié selfe mid smirenissum hié smerwan, 224, 1. smireness
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