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smale

  • adverb
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smale, smæle; adv.
finely
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v. smæl
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  • Hundes tux gebærned and smale gegniden,

      Lchdm. i. 372, 1.

  • Gegníd tó duste swý ðe smale,

    • 196, 12
      • :
    • 198, 1, 15
      • .

  • Genim wæterhæfern gebærnedne and ðonne gegniden smale

      ii. 44, 20.

  • Genim swefl, gebeát swí ðe smale,

    • 88, 17
      • :
    • i. 358, 9.

  • Ásift smale þurh smæl sife

      ii. 94, 1.

  • Getrifula smale

      90, 27.

  • Ðeáh ðú hié smale tódǽle swá dust,

    • Bt. 13
      • ;
    • Fox 38, 33.

  • Ic hí tódǽlde swá smæle and swá swá dust beforan winde

    comminuam eos ut pulverem ante faciem venti,

      Ps. Th. 17, 40.

  • Ðæs dustes smæle gecnucudes,

      Lchdm. i. 286, 2.

  • Gegníd smæle on mortere

      ii. 60, 1.

  • Gebeát smæle,

      88, 5.

  • Gegníd tó duste swá ðú smalost mǽge,

      108, 15.
of the voice,not loudly
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  • Ðæs cocces þeáw is ðæt hé micle hlúdor singþ on úhtan ðonne on dægréd ac ðonne hit neálǽcþ dæge ðonne singþ hé smælor and smicror

    gallus profundioribus horis noctis altos edere cantus solet; cum vero matutinum jam tempus in proximo est, minutas ac tenues voces format,

    • Past. 63
      • ;
    • Swt. 461, 3.
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v.  smæle.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “smale.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/28082.

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