smyrja

== Faroese == === Etymology === From Old Norse smyrva, smyrja, from Proto-Germanic *smirwijaną. === Verb === smyrja (third person singular past indicative smurdi, third person plural past indicative smurdu, supine smurt) to smear ==== Conjugation ==== == Icelandic == === Etymology === From Old Norse smyrva, smyrja, from Proto-Germanic *smirwijaną. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈsmɪrja/ Rhymes: -ɪrja (non-standard, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈsmʏrja/ Rhymes: -ʏrja === Verb === smyrja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative smurði, supine smurt) to butter; to cover (e.g. a slice of bread) with butter or another spread [with accusative] (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] to cover with a fatty substance, cream, etc.; smear [with accusative] to oil, grease, lubricate [with accusative] to spread [with dative ‘a thick or fatty substance’, along with adverb or prepositional phrase ‘onto something’] to embalm [with accusative] to anoint [with accusative] (of a fox) to savage (a sheep) on the snout, making it bloody [with accusative] ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== smjör smurning smyrsl === References === 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.) == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Verb === smyrja (present tense smyr, past tense smurde) (pre-1938) alternative form of smørja === Noun === smyrja f (definite singular smyrja, indefinite plural smyrjer or smyrjor, definite plural smyrjene or smyrjone) (pre-1938) alternative form of smørje == Old Norse == === Alternative forms === smyrva === Etymology === From Proto-Germanic *smirwijaną. === Verb === smyrja (singular past indicative smurði, plural past indicative smurðu, past participle smurðr) to anoint, to rub with ointment [with accusative] ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Related terms ==== smjǫr smyrsl ==== Descendants ==== === Further reading === Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “smyrja”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive