smeortung

Old English

Alternative forms

• smertung

Etymology

From *smeortan +‎ -ung.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsme͜or.tunɡ/, [ˈsme͜orˠ.tuŋɡ]

Noun

smeortung f

1. a smarting, an itching

Declension

Strong ō-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	smeortung	smeortunga, smeortunge
accusative	smeortunge	smeortunga, smeortunge
genitive	smeortunge	smeortunga
dative	smeortunge	smeortungum

Descendants

• Middle English: smertinge, smertyng
  • English: smarting

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “smeortung”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.