smeart
Old English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsmæɑrt/
Etymology 1
From Proto-Germanic *smartaz (“hurting”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)merd- (“to burn”). Cognate with Old Frisian smert (“hurting, painful”). More at smart.
Adjective
smeart
- painful, smarting, smart
Etymology 2
From Proto-Germanic *smart, first and third person singular preterite of Proto-Germanic *smertaną (“to smart”).
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