smiðian

smiðian, wk.v: to make out of metal or wood, to fashion, forge. (SMIH-thi-ahn / ˈsmɪ-θɪ-an)

Medieval manuscript image of a woman seated on a bench at her forge, raising a mallet with her right hand and grasping a small, partially formed human on an anvil.
Roman de la Rose; France (Paris), c. 1340; Morgan Library & Museum, MS M.503, f. 106r. [ica.themorgan.org]

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