# smith
## English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /smɪθ/
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* Rhymes: -ɪθ

### Etymology 1

From Middle English smyth, smith, from Old English smiþ, from Proto-West Germanic *smiþ, from Proto-Germanic *smiþaz, from Proto-Indo-European *smēy-, *smī- (“to cut, hew”).
Cognate with Dutch smid, German Schmied, German Low German Smitt, Danish smed, Faroese smiður, Icelandic smiður, Norwegian Bokmål smed, Norwegian Nynorsk smed, Swedish smed, Yiddish שמיד (shmid).

#### Noun

smith (plural smiths)
* A craftsperson who works metal into desired forms using a hammer and other tools, sometimes heating the metal to make it more workable, especially a blacksmith.
** 1945 January and February, A Former Pupil, “Some Memories of Crewe Works—III”, in Railway Magazine, page 13:The smiths themselves were a grand lot of fellows, full of a robust, and sometimes Rabelaisian sense of humour, and between "heats," they could be most entertaining.
* (by extension) One who makes anything; wright.
* (archaic) An artist.

##### Synonyms

* metalsmith

##### Derived terms

* adsmith
* anchorsmith
* anvilsmith
* armorsmith
* armoursmith
* arrowsmith
* beatsmith
* blacksmith
* bladesmith
* boatsmith
* boilersmith
* brass-smith
* brasssmith
* brightsmith
* bronzesmith
* bucklesmith
* carriagesmith
* chainsmith
* clocksmith
* coachsmith
* cocksmith
* codesmith
* coinsmith
* coppersmith
* dicksmith
* dreamsmith
* fangsmith
* filesmith
* fingersmith
* forgesmith
* framesmith
* gagsmith
* gemsmith
* girdlesmith
* glassmith
* goldsmith
* gunsmith
* hammersmith
* horsesmith
* housesmith
* ironsmith
* jacksmith
* jawsmith
* jewelsmith
* jobsmith
* jokesmith
* keysmith
* knifesmith
* locksmith
* mastersmith
* metalsmith
* musicsmith
* nailsmith
* pansmith
* platinumsmith
* popsmith
* pulpsmith
* punsmith
* redsmith
* runesmith
* sawsmith
* scissorsmith
* scythesmith
* shapesmith
* shearsmith
* shieldsmith
* shoeingsmith
* shoesmith
* sicklesmith
* silversmith
* smithcraft
* Smithson
* smithwork
* smithwright
* songsmith
* spearsmith
* spellsmith
* swordsmith
* thundersmith
* tinsmith
* tiresmith
* toolsmith
* tunesmith
* versesmith
* wagonsmith
* weaponsmith
* websmith
* wheelsmith
* whitesmith
* wiresmith
* wondersmith
* wordsmith
* wrightsmith
* zincsmith
* Aldersmith
* Anglesmith
* Arrowsmith
* Athersmith
* Becksmith
* Blacksmith
* Bosmith
* Broadsmith
* Brooksmith
* Brownsmith
* Carleysmith
* Causbysmith
* Coopersmith
* Coppersmith
* Deansmith
* Drakesmith
* Fordsmith
* Goldsmith
* Goodesmith
* Gouldsmith
* Graysmith
* Greensmith
* Greysmith
* Grossmith
* Grovesmith
* Hallsmith
* Harrowsmith
* Hathersmith
* Highsmith
* Hillsmith
* Hudsmith
* Kingsmith
* Knightsmith
* Leasmith
* Leesmith
* Locksmith
* Lowesmith
* Martinsmith
* Mcsmith
* Mooresmith
* Naismith
* Nasmith
* Naysmith
* Neasmith
* Nesmith
* Neysmith
* Perrysmith
* Portsmith
* Roundsmith
* Schersmith
* Shawsmith
* Shearsmith
* Shoesmith
* Shoosmith
* Shouesmith
* Shouksmith
* Shucksmith
* Silversmith
* Sixsmith
* Steelsmith
* Sucksmith
* Whilesmith
* Whitesmith
* Wildsmith
* Wilesmith
* Willsmith
* Woodsmith
* Youngsmith

##### Related terms

* smiddy
* smithery
* smithy

##### Translations
### Etymology 2

From Middle English smythen (“to work metal, forge, beat into, torment, refine (of God - to refine his chosen); to create, work as a blacksmith”), from Old English smiþian (“to forge, fabricate”), from Proto-West Germanic *smiþōn, from Proto-Germanic *smiþōną. Compare Dutch smeden, German schmieden.

#### Verb

smith (third-person singular simple present smiths, present participle smithing, simple past and past participle smithed)
* To forge, to form, usually on an anvil; by heating and pounding.
** 1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume I, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 258:Sigurd took the very best sword That the Dwarfs had ever smithed.

### References

* (2 archaic) William Anderson (1863). The Scottish Nation. A. Fullerton & Co.: Edinburgh. Page 479. Accessed 2008-03-04.

## Middle English
### Noun

smith
* Alternative form of smyth

## Old Saxon
### Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *smiþ, Proto-Germanic *smiþaz. Cognate with Old Dutch smith, Old Frisian smith, Old English smiþ, Old High German smid, Old Norse smiðr.

### Noun

smith m
* smith

#### Descendants

* Middle Low German: smit, smet, smede
** German Low German: Smitt, Smidd, Smedd
    Plautdietsch: Schmett