Smittian
Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - smittian
According to the Old English Dictionary:
- smittian
- p. ode To smear, pollute, defile:--Smittodan funestavere, maculavere, Wrt. Voc. ii. 151, 60. Smittud cacabatus, Hpt. Gl. 514, 47. [Smitted contaminata, Ps. 105, 39. As reignes shall ben flitted Fro folk to folk, or whan they shal ben smitted, Chauc. T. and C. smeared) wið smirles, H. M. 13, 23. Bismitted (-smuddet, MS. T.) and bismeoruwed, A. R. 214, 22. Besmetted ine herte mid kueade þoȝtes, Ayenb. 229, 20. O. H. Ger. pi-smizzit illitus, unctus.] v. be-smittian; smítan. smittian