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á-smeágan

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to investigate,
where the object is concrete
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  • Þá hí hæfdon þá burh ealle ásmeáde,

    • Chr. 1011
      • ;
    • P. 142, 2.
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  • Ásmeáð

    requirit,

      Scint. 42, 16.

  • Ásmeáde

    exquirit, i. investigat,

      An. Ox. 2796.

  • Ásmeágian

    percunctari,

      Angl. xiii. 366, 11.

  • Sé bið on geþance wísast, sé ðe óðerne can raðost ásmeágean,

      Wlfst. 55, 22.

  • Ásmeáde

    exposita i. tractata,

      An. Ox. 174:

    trutinatas, i. pensatas,

      198.

  • Þá ásmeádan

    exqusita,

      324.
to find out by investigation, devise
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  • Swá hwæt swá ðé is geðúht gyt máre on tintregum ásmeá,

      Hml. Th. i. 594, 12.

  • Man ne mihte geþencan ne ásmeágan (-smǽgian, v. l.) hú man of earde hí gebringon sceolde,

    • Chr. 1006
      • ;
    • P. 137, 16 (v. p. 295)
      • .

  • Ásmeáde

    elucubratam,

      An. Ox. 5101.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “á-smeágan.” 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/39043.

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