Old English · verb

smeortan

Part of speech: verb
Verb class: strong class III
IPA: /ˈsme͜or.tɑn/
[ˈsme͜orˠ.tɑn]
Syllables: ˈsme͜or · tɑn (2 syllables)
Modern English: smart

Meaning

to smart; hurt

Conjugation

Conjugation of smeortan
Indicative
	Present	Past
1st singular	smeorte	smeart
2nd singular	smierst smiertst	smurte
3rd singular	smiert	smeart
Plural	smeortaþ	smurton
Subjunctive
Singular	smeorte	smurte
Plural	smeorten	smurten

Non-finite forms of smeortan
	Form
Infinitive	smeortan
Inflected infinitive	smeortenne
Imperative singular	smeort
Imperative plural	smeortaþ
Present participle	smeortende
Past participle	smorten ġesmorten

All forms (16)

smeorte
smeart
smierst
smiertst
smurte
smiert
smeortaþ
smurton
smeorten
smurten
smeortan
smeortenne
smeort
smeortende
smorten
ġesmorten

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *smertan, from Proto-Germanic *smertaną (“to hurt”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)merd- (“to sting”). Cognate with Old High German smerzan (“to smart”). More at smart. Attested only indirectly in derivatives, such as fyrsmeortende ("smarting like a burn", the present participle of an otherwise unattested verb fyrsmeortan) and smeortung.

Descendants

smart

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