Now arch. and rare. Also 5 smythier(e. [f. SMITHY v. + -ER, or in early use f. SMITH v. + -IER.] A smith. Also fig.
c. 1430. Pilgr. Lyf Manhode, II. cxlviii. (1869), 134. Dame justice, the smythiere of vertues, and the forgeresse.
1435. Coventry Leet Bk., 182. Then the Cardwirdrawers and the myddelmen most nedes bye the wire … of the smythiers. Ibid. And then the smythier, lest he lost his Custemers, wolde make true goode.
1876. Morris, Sigurd, II. (1898), 89. And there was I, I Regin, the smithier of the snare.
