Re: Schöffe I

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "t0lgsoo1" <guestuser.0x9357@...> wrote:

>
> ***R
> >Looks like USGerman/Yiddish schmier "spread --as a quantity of
> >semisoft spreadable substance" as in "smearcase, smearcheese" for
> >creamcheese, or "gimme a schmier on that bagel"
>
> Of course, since German schmieren means "to lubricate",
> Schmiermittel, Schmierstoff, Schmierfett "lubricant, grease".
>

Da. smør "butter", smøre "lubricate; butter (a breadslice)", smørrebrød.

From German song from Holstein, dissing the Danes:
...und wo man Butter Schmiere nennt...
http://tinyurl.com/3jrcwhk


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