smyrja

From Old Norse smyrva, smyrja, from Proto-Germanic *smirwijaną.

smyrja (third person singular past indicative smurdi, third person plural past indicative smurdu, supine smurt)

1. to smear

From Old Norse smyrva, smyrja, from Proto-Germanic *smirwijaną.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsmɪrja/
  • Rhymes: -ɪrja
• (non-standard, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈsmʏrja/
  • Rhymes: -ʏrja

smyrja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative smurði, supine smurt)

1. to butter; to cover (e.g. a slice of bread) with butter or another spread [with accusative]
2. (by extension) to make, prepare (a slice of bread, sandwich, etc., which might have more than just a spread on it, e.g. ham, cheese, cucumber etc.) [with accusative]
3. to cover with a fatty substance, cream, etc.; smear [with accusative]
4. to oil, grease, lubricate [with accusative]
5. to spread [with dative ‘a thick or fatty substance’, along with adverb or prepositional phrase ‘onto something’]
6. to embalm [with accusative]
7. to anoint [with accusative]
8. (of a fox) to savage (a sheep) on the snout, making it bloody [with accusative]

• smjör
• smurning
• smyrsl

• Mörður Árnason (2019) ““smyrja””, in Íslensk orðabók, 5th edition, Reykjavík: Forlagið
• Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) “smyrja”, in Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)

smyrja (present tense smyr, past tense smurde)

1. (pre-1938) alternative form of smørja

smyrja f (definite singular smyrja, indefinite plural smyrjer or smyrjor, definite plural smyrjene or smyrjone)

1. (pre-1938) alternative form of smørje

• smyrva

From Proto-Germanic *smirwijaną.

smyrja (singular past indicative smurði, plural past indicative smurðu, past participle smurðr)

1. to anoint, to rub with ointment [with accusative]

• smjǫr
• smyrsl

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “smyrja”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive