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			$marna—smi ]m.
		narrow, slim, slender, scanty, poor. — Der. M. H. G. smelii (from O. H. G. *smaljan; e is i-uml. of a), to lessen, diminish, N. H. G. schmâlen, to chide, scold, lit. to degrade, debase.— Allied to Gr. nff]tov (for *ffj*uj-hov), small-cattle, domestic animals; comp. O. N. srnali, domestic animals, especially sheep, O. H. G. smalaiiÔ3 (For nf>3, s. iiiutan), th. s.] smarna, f, dung; Phil. 3, 8. — Cognate w. smaírþr (q. v.), the suff. being-no. *smeitan, str. v. (172, n. 1), in (a) bi-srn. w.acc. ofth. and dat. of pers., to besmear, anoint; Jo. 9, 11. (b) ga-sm. w. ace. ofth. and dat. of person specified by ana w. ace., th. s.; Jo. 9, 6. [G'f. O. E. smîtan, to (smear, soil, dishonor?) strike, besmitan (For be-, s. bi-), to soil, pollute, Mdî. E. smîte, to strike, be-smîte, to soil, pollute, Mdn. E. Hiriite, O. H. G. (be)-sinÎ3an, M. H. G. schmÎ3en, to strike (intens. smitzen, N. H. G. schmitzen, to whip, lash, besmear, stain, whence ver-schmitzt, adj., cunning, crafty), *bo-schmÎ3en, to soil, pollute, N. H. G. schmeissen, to smite, strike, fling, throw, beschmpis-sen, to pelt, soil, foul, blow, fly-blow. — Der. O. H. G. (bi-) smeijjen. (from *smei3Jan, cans. o/"smÎ3an), to soil, pollute, M. H. G. smeÎ3en, 'cacare', N. H. G. schmeissen, to blow, fly-			blow; further M. H. G. smiz in., spot, Eíf. schrnetz (a weav- ing term), m., a spot, often found in a warp; also N. H. G. selimiss, a dash, blow, stroke. — Perhaps cognate w. E. smut, G. schmuíz, m., filth, dirt. Comp. KL, schmutz, and 8k., smut.] *smiþa, m., smith, in aizasmi]>a, q. v. \_Allied to O. E. smitS (str.), Mdl. E. sinitS, Mdn. E. smith, O. N. smiSr, m., artist, O. H. G. smid (str.), M. H. G. smit (gen. -des), N. H. G. Rchmied, Du. smid, Eff. schmôd, m., smith, whence, respectively (w. suff. -jôn; prop, from an adj., meaning 'belonging to a smith'), O.E.&mime, f., Mdl. E. smiSSe, smi55i, Mdn. E. smithy, O. N. smiSja, O. H. G. smitta (from smídda, from smiththa), M. H. G. Bmitte, N. H. G. schmiede (by influence of schmied, above; in West-Germanic the þ was geminated before the suffíxal j), /, smithy, shop of a smith, Du. smisse, th. s. — Perhaps from root smî, to work in metals or any other hard substance, whence also a v. seen in O. E. smê(5e (w. suff. -8\, and i-uml. of ô), North. Bmoet5e, sometimes sm&<5e(Sk.), Mdl. E. smê'Se, smôSe, Mdn. E. smooth, whence O. E. smêtíau, Mdl. E. smê5e, smô5e, Mdn. E. smeeth (prov.), smooth; and in O. H. G. smîda, í, beside, gi-smîdi (For gi-, s. ga-), n.,