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smeálíce

  • adverb
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smeálíce, adv.
of inquiry, investigation, etc. , searchingly, carefully, narrowly, closely
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  • smeálíce sóhtan

    perquirentes subtilius,

    • Bd. 3, 10
    • ;
    • S. 5. 34, 37.
  • smeálíce sóhton ðone behíddan mete,

      Ælfc. T. Grn. 21, 12.
  • Hit is smeálíce and geornlíce tó séceanne

    subtiliter perscrutanda.

    • Past. 21, 1
    • ;
    • Swt. 150, 11.
  • Wé sculon swíðe smeálíce ðissa ágðer underþencean

    hoc in utrisque est subtiliter intuendum,

    • 7, 1
    • ;
    • Swt. 49, 23.
  • Gesceád ða wé smeálíce geþencan sculan

    discretio, quae subtiliter pensari debeat,

    • Bd. 1, 27
    • ;
    • S. 496, 35.
  • Smeálícor,

    • Past. 11, 2
    • ;
    • Swt. 67, 6
    • .
of reasoning, thinking, etc. , closely, deeply, acutely, with penetration
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  • Hé ongann smeálíce þencan on his módes ingeþance

    velut in augustam suae mentis sedem recepta,

    • Bt. 24, 1
    • ;
    • Fox 80, 5.
  • Mé þincþ ðæt wit mǽgen smeálícor sprecan and diógolran wordum

    validioribus rationihis utendum puto,

    • 13
    • ;
    • Fox 36, 32
    • :
    • 13, tit.
    • ;
    • Fox xii, 16.
  • Ðonne ic ymbe swelc smeálícost þence

    when I think most deeply about such a matter,

    • 10
    • ;
    • Fox 26, 29.
of knowing, seeing, etc. ,clearly, accurately, exactly
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  • Ða ðe meahton smeálíce and scearplice mid hiera and-gite ryht geseón

    qui videre recta subtiliter per ingenium poterant,

    • Past. 11, 4
    • ;
    • Swt. 69, 5.
  • Ðeáh se láreów ðis eall smeálíce and openlíce gecýðe

    cuncta haec licet subtiliter rector insinuet,

    • 21, 6
    • ;
    • Swt. 163, 18.
  • Se ðe wile geornlíce ðone Godes cwide singan sóðlíce (smeálíce),

    • MS. B.
    • ,
    • Salm. Kmbl. 171
    • ;
    • Sal. 85
    • .
closely
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  • Án cliwen suíðe nearwe and suíðe smeálíce gefealden,

    • Past. 35
    • ;
    • Swt. 241, 24.
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