smiþian
Old English
verb
Definitions
- to smith (make out of metal or wood); to fashion, forge
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Germanic *smiþōną (fashion, smith, forge) affix from Old English smiþ (smith, worker in metals in wood, carpenter, armorer, handicraftsman, blacksmith).
Origin
Old English
smiþ
Gloss
smith, worker in metals in wood, carpenter, armorer, handicraftsman, blacksmith
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- smi Norwegian Bokmål
- *smiþaz Proto-Germanic
- *smiþōną Proto-Germanic
- *smīþaną Proto-Germanic
- smi Norwegian Nynorsk
- goldsmiþ Old English
- isernsmiþ Old English
- larsmiþ Old English
- smiþ Old English
- wigsmiþ Old English
- smethyng Middle English
- smyth Middle English
- smythen Middle English
- smíða Old Norse
- smíða Icelandic
- smidōn Old High German
- 𐌲𐌰𐍃𐌼𐌹𐌸𐍉𐌽 Gothic
- שמידן Yiddish
- smithon Old Dutch