smeortan

== Old English == === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *smertan, from Proto-Germanic *smertaną (“to hurt”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)merd- (“to sting”). Cognate with Old High German smerzan (“to smart”). More at smart. Attested only indirectly in derivatives, such as fyrsmeortende ("smarting like a burn", the present participle of an otherwise unattested verb fyrsmeortan) and smeortung. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈsme͜or.tɑn/, [ˈsme͜orˠ.tɑn] === Verb === *smeortan to smart; hurt ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== fyrsmeortende smeortung ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: smerten, smearten, smeorten, smarten English: smart Scots: smert, smairt