THE NAME SMITH
ONE WHO STRIKES WITflE HAMMER. Smi^h, aa a surname, is. derived fr.pni the wprd smite,.{Haking its origin from the .most qseful of all tfia. arts. In Icelandic.the word smidr: signifies,. as smith originally did in English; . one who strikes with a hammer; a smith, a maker. ■ .......... In Anglo-Saxon, , one who worlced in iron was called iaen-smad, an ilron smith* Upder its diffepent mo.des of spelling.and pronunciation, as for.instancp in Germlan, Schmitz or Schm'idt; French, Smeets; the name .is common in most countries of Europe. In Syriac, , the f ord Hadad means Smdth. There was 'a, whole family of Assyxian kings of the name. BenHadad means son of Smith or Smithaon.
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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 573, 3 July 1933, Page 2
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113THE NAME SMITH Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 573, 3 July 1933, Page 2
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