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† smerl, n. Obs.
Also 4 smerle, smerel.
[Back-formation from smerles, taken as a plural: cf. riddle n.1]
Ointment.
a1300Cursor M. 7334 Þis saul haue þai mad þair king, Wit smerl and als wit coruning. Ibid. 11503 A smerl o selcuth bitturnes. a1300E.E. Psalter cxxxii. 2 Als þe smerle in heued onon Falles in berde..of Aaron.
Hence † smerl v. trans., to anoint. Also † ˈsmerling vbl. n. Obs.
a1300Cursor M. 7328 He sal be smerld þair king to be. Ibid. 9338 Quen he þat haliest es cumen, Your smerling sal fra yow be nummen. |