Old English · adjective
smylte
- Part of speech
- adjective
- IPA
- /ˈsmyl.te/[ˈsmyɫ.te]
- Syllables
- ˈsmyl · te (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- calmsmoltsomeone'smoodweather
Meaning
-
calm (of someone's mood)
-
calm (of the weather, the sea, etc.)
Swā-swā scypes [hlāford], þonne þæt scyp unge-tǣlicost on ancre rīt and sēo sǣ hrēohost byð, ðonne wōt hē ġewiss smelte wedere tōwæard.
So the ship's master, when the ship rideth most unsteadily at anchor and the sea is roughest, then knoweth of a truth that calm weather is coming.
late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Saint Augustine's Soliloquies
Declension
| Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | |||
| Nominative | smylte | smyltusmylto | smylte |
| Accusative | smyltne | smylte | smylte |
| Genitive | smyltes | smyltre | smyltes |
| Dative | smyltum | smyltre | smyltum |
| Instrumental | smylte | smyltre | smylte |
| Plural | |||
| Nominative | smylte | smyltasmylte | smyltusmylto |
| Accusative | smylte | smyltasmylte | smyltusmylto |
| Genitive | smyltra | smyltra | smyltra |
| Dative | smyltum | smyltum | smyltum |
| Instrumental | smyltum | smyltum | smyltum |
| Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | |||
| Nominative | smylta | smylte | smylte |
| Accusative | smyltan | smyltan | smylte |
| Genitive | smyltan | smyltan | smyltan |
| Dative | smyltan | smyltan | smyltan |
| Instrumental | smyltan | smyltan | smyltan |
| Plural | |||
| Nominative | smyltan | smyltan | smyltan |
| Accusative | smyltan | smyltan | smyltan |
| Genitive | smyltrasmyltena | smyltrasmyltena | smyltrasmyltena |
| Dative | smyltum | smyltum | smyltum |
| Instrumental | smyltum | smyltum | smyltum |
All forms (11)
Etymology
From a variant or alteration of Proto-Germanic *smultaz. The expected form smolt occurs, but is not the regular form in West Saxon.
Descendants
smolt
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