smyrja
Icelandic
/ˈsmɪrja/, /ˈsmʏrja/
verb-weak
Definitions
- (with accusative) to butter; to cover (e.g. a slice of bread) with butter or another spread
- (with accusative) to make, prepare (a slice of bread, sandwich, etc., which might have more than just a spread on it, e.g. ham, cheese, cucumber etc.)
- (with accusative) to cover with a fatty substance, cream, etc.; smear
- (with accusative) to oil, grease, lubricate
- (with dative) to spread (a thick or fatty substance, etc.) onto something
- (with accusative) to embalm
- (with accusative) to anoint
- (with accusative) to savage (a sheep) on the snout, making it bloody
Etymology
Inherited from Old Norse smyrva inherited from Proto-Germanic *smirwijaną.
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*smirwijaną
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- smeer Dutch, Flemish
- *smerwą Proto-Germanic
- *smirwijaną Proto-Germanic
- smerian Old English
- smyrja Old Norse
- smyrva Old Norse
- ostur Icelandic
- smurostur Icelandic
- smirwen Old High German
- smyrja Faroese
- bäischmieren Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- schmieren Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- *smirwen Old Dutch
- schmirre Alemannic German