LL-L "Lexicon" 2003.04.27 (04) [E]

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From: R. F. Hahn <sassisch at yahoo.com>
Subject: Lexicon

Pat, Lowlanders,

Pat, you wrote under "Folklore":

> That reminds me ... a last question on iron for today!  In English,
> metalworking is divided into various smithies, such as 'blacksmith',
> 'whitesmith', and 'goldsmith'.  My Dutch dictionary translates
> 'blacksmith' as 'smid'.  Are there more specific terms in your various
> dialects?

I am transferring this part to "Lexicon," and I request that others
follow me there if they respond to this question about smiths.

I won't attempt to answer for Dutch (and the other relevant cultures),
will leave is at contributing Lowlands Saxon (Low German) information in
the hope of  gaining a Lowlands-wide picture of this.  Before I do so,
please allow me, for the sake of those for whom English is still quite a
foreign language, to explain that a "blacksmith" works with iron, a
"whitesmith" works with tin, a "goldsmith" obviously works with gold,
and a "silversmith" just as obviously works with silver.  (The "black"
and "white" thing isn't quite so self-explanatory.)

Now to the Lowlands Saxon words (_sm..._ is _schm..._ in some dialects):

Smidd (~ <Smidt> ~ <Smitt> [smIt], plural: Smääd' ~ Smeed' [smE:.(d)] ~
   Smääd'lüüd' ~ Smeedlüüd' [smE:.(d)ly:.(d)]
    'smith' (general), by default 'blacksmith'

Blecksmidd ~ Blicksmidd ("sheet metal smith") 'whitesmith'

Goldsmidd 'goldsmith'

Groffsmidd ("rough smith") 'blacksmith' (specific, tends to be
   understood as working with horseshoes particularly)

Lüttsmidd ~ Kleensmidd ~ Kleinsmidd ("small smith")
    'whitesmith'

Koppersmidd ~ Kuppersmidd 'coppersmith'

Metzersmidd ~ Messersmidd 'knife maker' (archaic)

Nagelsmidd 'nail maker' (archaic)

Sülversmidd 'silversmith'

Smääd' ~ Smeed' [smE:.(d)] 'smithy'

smäden ~ smeden ['smE:d=n] ~ smään ~ smeen [smE:n]
    'to forge metal', 'to work as a smith'

Nicknames for smiths, particularly blacksmiths:
Funkenslager ("spark producer')
Funkenfiester ("spark farter",
   Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania)
Blaas'balg ("bellows")
Peerd'schooster ~ Pierschauster ("horses' shoemaker")
Meester Glö(h)nig ~  Meister Gläu(h)nig
   ("Master Sparky/Glowing")
Püüster ("blower")
Füerspucker ~ Füerspeer ~ Füerspier ("fire spitter")
Pinkepank (onomatopoetic of hammering on metal)
Iesenklopper ("iron beater")

Regards,
Reinhard/Ron

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