Middle English Dictionary Entry
smolten v.
Entry Info
| Forms | smolten v. Also smolt & smoule; p.ppl. smult. |
| Etymology | ?Cp. Scot. smool, smuil, smule to slink, sneak. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
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Associated quotations
a
- c1400(?c1380) Cleanness (Nero A.10)461 : Þe raven..hade þe smelle of þe smach and smoltes þeder sone, Fallez on þe foule flesch and fyllez his wombe.
- c1400(?c1380) Cleanness (Nero A.10)732 : I schal forgyve alle þe gylt þurʒ my grace one And let hem smolt al unsmyten smoþely at onez.
- a1425 NHom.in NM 73 (Ashm 42)p.205 : Smoule.
b
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)911 : The dragon..With a smorther & a smoke smult through his nase..rut out roidly with a rede hete.