smed

See also: Smed and smeđ

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse smiðr, from Proto-Germanic *smiþaz. Compare Icelandic smiður, German Schmied, Dutch smid, English smith.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ed

Noun

smed c (singular definite smeden, plural indefinite smede)

smed

1. smith (craftsperson who works metal)

Declension

Declension of smed

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	smed	smeden	smede	smedene
genitive	smeds	smedens	smedes	smedenes

Derived terms

• guldsmed
• kobbersmed
• sølvsmed
• våbensmed

References

• “smed” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “smed” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse smiðr, from Proto-Germanic *smiþaz. Compare with Icelandic smiður, German Schmied, Dutch smid, English smith.

Noun

smed m (definite singular smeden, indefinite plural smeder, definite plural smedene)

1. smith (craftsperson who works metal)

Derived terms

• grovsmed (“blacksmith”)
• gullsmed (“goldsmith”)
• ordsmed (“wordsmith”)
• sølvsmed (“silversmith”)

References

• “smed” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse smiðr, from Proto-Germanic *smiþaz. Akin to English smith.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /smeː/

Noun

smed m (definite singular smeden, indefinite plural smedar, definite plural smedane)

1. smith (craftsperson who works metal)

Derived terms

• grovsmed
• sølvsmed, sylvsmed

References

• “smed” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish smiþer, from Old Norse smiðr, from Proto-Germanic *smiþaz. Compare Icelandic smiður, German Schmied, Dutch smid, English smith.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /smeːd/
• Rhymes: -eːd

Noun

smed c

1. a smith (craftsperson who works metal)
   1. a blacksmith

      Synonym: grovsmed

2. (figuratively) a smith

   ordsmed

   wordsmith

Declension

Declension of smed

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	smed	smeds
	definite	smeden	smedens
plural	indefinite	smeder	smeders
	definite	smederna	smedernas

Related terms

• grovsmed
• guldsmed
• låssmed
• ordsmed
• rimsmed
• silversmed
• smedja
• smednäve
• smida
• smide
• smidig

References

• “smed”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “smed”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “smed”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)

Anagrams

• meds