smorþering
Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From smorther (“noun”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsmɔrðərinɡ/, /ˈsmoːrðərinɡ/
Noun
smorþering (uncountable)
- smoldering, producing noxious smoke.
Descendants
- English: smothering
- ⇒ Yola: to-smotherin'
References
- “smō̆rthering, ppl.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.