smeart

Middle English

Adjective

smeart

1. (Early Middle English) Alternative form of smert

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /smæ͜ɑrt/, [smæ͜ɑrˠt]

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *smartaz (“hurting”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)merd- (“to burn”). Cognate with Old Frisian smert (“hurting, painful”). More at smart.

Adjective

smeart

1. painful, smarting

Declension

Declension of smeart — Strong

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	smeart	smeart	smeart
Accusative	smeartne	smearte	smeart
Genitive	smeartes	smeartre	smeartes
Dative	smeartum	smeartre	smeartum
Instrumental	smearte	smeartre	smearte
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	smearte	smearta, smearte	smeart
Accusative	smearte	smearta, smearte	smeart
Genitive	smeartra	smeartra	smeartra
Dative	smeartum	smeartum	smeartum
Instrumental	smeartum	smeartum	smeartum

Declension of smeart — Weak

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	smearta	smearte	smearte
Accusative	smeartan	smeartan	smearte
Genitive	smeartan	smeartan	smeartan
Dative	smeartan	smeartan	smeartan
Instrumental	smeartan	smeartan	smeartan
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	smeartan	smeartan	smeartan
Accusative	smeartan	smeartan	smeartan
Genitive	smeartra, smeartena	smeartra, smeartena	smeartra, smeartena
Dative	smeartum	smeartum	smeartum
Instrumental	smeartum	smeartum	smeartum

Descendants

• Middle English: smert, smart, smarte, smært, smeart, smerte
  • English: smart (see there for further descendants)
  • Scots: smert

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *smart, first and third person singular preterite of *smertaną (“to smart”).

Verb

smeart

1. first/third-person singular past indicative of *smeortan