Middle English Dictionary Entry
smēte adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | smēte adj. Also smæte, smeate. |
| Etymology | OE smǣte |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Of gold: pure, fine.
Associated quotations
- a1121 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.1070 : Hi..clumben upp to þe halge rode namen þa þe kynehelm of ure Drihtnes heafod eall of smeate golde.
- a1150(OE) Vsp.D.Hom.(Vsp D.14)118/38 : Geseh he hwar man bytlode ane gebytle, eall mid smæte golde.
- a1150(OE) Vsp.D.Hom.(Vsp D.14)147/24 : His stemne is swa briht swa beme, & his sweora swylce smete gold.
- c1225(?c1200) St.Kath.(1) (Bod 34)86/607 : Al þet terin is glistinde ant gleaminde as hit were seoluer oðer gold smeate.
- c1225(?c1200) St.Marg.(1) (Bod 34)26/23 : Þe ich þonki..þe kingene king art..& guldene ȝerde, alre gold smeatest.