Smita
Old Norse Dictionary - smita
Meaning of Old Norse word "smita"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- smita
- að, [Ulf. smeitan = ἐπιχρίειν; A. S. smîtan; Engl. smite; Germ. schmeissen; Swed. smeta; for the change from ‘smear’ to ‘flog’ see the analogy in ríða B, p. 499, col. 1]:—to steam from being fat or oiled.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᛘᛁᛏᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- Engl.
- English.
- f.
- feminine.
- Germ.
- German.
- gl.
- glossary.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- S.
- Saga.
- Swed.
- Swedish.
- Ulf.
- Ulfilas.