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[edit] Etymology 1

Old English smiþ, from Proto-Germanic *smiþaz. Cognate with Dutch smid, German Schmied, Swedish/Norwegian smed.

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smith (plural smiths)

  1. A craftsperson who works metal into desired forms using a hammer and other tools, sometimes heating the metal to make it more workable, especially a blacksmith.
  2. (archaic) An artist.

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[edit] Etymology 2

From Middle English smithen (To work metal, forge, beat into, torment, refine (of God - to refine his chosen); create, to work as a blacksmith), from Old English smiþian (to forge, fabricate).

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smith (third-person singular simple present smiths, present participle smithing, simple past and past participle smithed)

  1. to forge, to form, usually on an anvil; by heating and pounding.

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  • (2 archaic) William Anderson (1863). The Scottish Nation. A. Fullerton & Co.: Edinburgh. Page 479. Accessed 2008-03-04.

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From Proto-Germanic *smiþaz.

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smith m.

  1. smith

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