smiþian

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *smiþōną (“to smith”), equivalent to smiþ +‎ -ian.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈsmi.θi.ɑn/, [ˈsmi.ði.ɑn]

Verb

smiþian

  1. to smith (make out of metal or wood); to fashion, forge

Conjugation
Conjugation of smiþian (weak class 2)
infinitive smiþian tō smiþienne
indicative present past
1st-person singular smiþie
smiþiġe		 smiþode
2nd-person singular smiþast smiþodest
3rd-person singular smiþaþ smiþode
plural smiþiaþ
smiþiġaþ		 smiþodon
subjunctive present past
singular smiþie
smiþiġe		 smiþode
plural smiþien
smiþiġen		 smiþoden
imperative
singular smiþa
plural smiþiaþ
smiþiġaþ
participle present past
smiþiende
smiþiġende		 (ġe)smiþod

Descendants

References
  • SMIÐIAN in Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary
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