smeoru

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *smeru, from Proto-Germanic *smerwą, from Proto-Indo-European *smérus.

Noun

smeoru n

fat, grease, suet, tallow

Declension

Declension of smeoru (strong wa-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	smeoru	smeorwas
accusative	smeoru	smeorwas
genitive	smeorwes	smeorwa
dative	smeorwe	smeorwum

Derived terms

flotsmeoru (“floating fat”)
heorotsmeoru (“hare grease”)
smeorumangestre (“butter-woman”)
smeorusealf (“grease salve”)
smeoruþearm (“entrail”)
smeoruwiġ (“fatty, greasy, unctuous”)
smeoruwyrt (“smearwort”)

Descendants

Middle English: smer, smere
- English: smear
- Scots: smergh

References

Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “smeoru”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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