smeoru

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *smeru, from Proto-Germanic *smerwą, from Proto-Indo-European *smérus.

Noun

smeoru n

1. fat, grease, suet, tallow

Declension

Strong wa-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	smeoru	smeorwas
accusative	smeoru	smeorwas
genitive	smeorwes	smeorwa
dative	smeorwe	smeorwum

Derived terms

• flotsmeoru (“floating fat”)
• heorotsmeoru (“hare grease”)
• smeorumangestre (“butter-woman”)
• smeorusealf (“grease salve”)
• smeoruþearm (“entrail”)
• smeoruwiġ (“fatty, greasy, unctuous”)
• smeoruwyrt (“smearwort”)

Descendants

• Middle English: smer, smere
  • English: smear
  • Scots: smergh

References

• Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “smeoru”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.