From Middle English smytinge, smitende, smytende, smitand, from Old English smītende, from Proto-Germanic *smītandz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *smītaną, equivalent to smite + -ing.
From Middle English smytinge, smytynge, equivalent to smite + -ing.
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