Participles
| Present | smearciende |
| Past | (ġe)smearcod |
Indicative
Present
| 1st sing. | smearciġe |
| 2nd sing. | smearcast |
| 3rd sing. | smearcaþ |
| 1st plur. | smearciaþ |
| 2nd plur. | smearciaþ |
| 3rd plur. | smearciaþ |
Past
| 1st sing. | smearcode |
| 2nd sing. | smearcodest |
| 3rd sing. | smearcode |
| 1st plur. | smearcodon |
| 2nd plur. | smearcodon |
| 3rd plur. | smearcodon |
Subjunctive
Present
| 1st sing. | smearciġe |
| 2nd sing. | smearciġe |
| 3rd sing. | smearciġe |
| 1st plur. | smearciġen |
| 2nd plur. | smearciġen |
| 3rd plur. | smearciġen |
Past
| 1st sing. | smearcode |
| 2nd sing. | smearcode |
| 3rd sing. | smearcode |
| 1st plur. | smearcoden |
| 2nd plur. | smearcoden |
| 3rd plur. | smearcoden |
Imperative
| Singular | smearca |
| Plural | smearciaþ |
Verbs conjugated like 'smearcian'
cnossian,
hwisprian,
hwistlian,
sagian,
sacian,
sadian,
solian,
siwian,
sipian,
yrsian,
myrþrian,
fuglian,
fundian,
fulwian,
fullian,
leornian,
borcian,
borgian,
beorhtian,
wohhian, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'smearcian'
amearcian,
mearcian,
smercian,
spearcian,
swearcian,
cearcian,
gearcian,
gemearcian,
scearpian,
searian,
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *smarukōn, *smarikōn, derived from Proto-Germanic *smarōną. See: Proto-Germanic '
*smarōną'.
Verbs referencing "smearcian"
English
smirk.
Sample Sentences
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Iċ bewende mē on mīnum setle and ġeseah þone cniht wiþ mīn smearciendne swelċe hē mē cūðe. (I turned around in my seat and saw the boy smiling at me as if he knew me.)
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c. 996, Ælfric's Lives of Saints
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Þā hēo þis ġehīerde, þā smearcode hēo wiþ his weardes, þus cweðende, "Ġelīef mē, ne ġeseah iċ nānne mann būtan þē, oþþe wilddēor, oþþe ǣniġes cynnes nīeten, siþþan iċ Iordanēn oferfērde and iċ hider on þās wēstenne becōm." (When she heard this, she smiled in his direction and said, "Believe me, I haven't seen anyone besides you, or wild animals, or any kind of animal, since I crossed the Jordan and came here to this wasteland.")
Cognates
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