smerd

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian смерд (smerd).

Noun

smerd (plural smerds or smerdy)

1. (historical) A member of a class of peasants in medieval Rus', perhaps initially freemen but later gradually reduced to a lower status.

Translations

a member of a class of peasants in medieval Rus'

• Armenian: սմերդ (smerd)
• Belarusian: смердзь m (smjerdzʹ), смерд m (smjerd)
• Japanese: スメルド (sumerudo)
• Old Church Slavonic:

  Cyrillic: смръдъ m (smrŭdŭ)

• Old East Slavic: смръдъ m (smrŭdŭ), смердъ m (smerdŭ)
• Old Novgorodian: смьрде (smĭrde)
• Russian: смерд (ru) m (smerd)
• Ukrainian: смерд m (smerd)

Anagrams

• derms