ME. variants of SMITE v.

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c. 1440.  Eng. Conq. Irel., 38. Oconnoghur … let smyth of [the] sonnes heed.

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1463.  Bury Wills (Camden), 28. That at twelve of the clokke … he do the chymes smythe.

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1483.  Cath. Angl., 346/2. To smythe fyre, fugillare. Ibid., A Smythynge,… iccio, percussio.

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