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smæl, adj.
Wright's OE grammar
§54; §276; §306; §425; §620;
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in the following glosses
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  • Smæl

    gracilis,

    smælre

    gracilior

    ealra smælst

    gracillimus

    • Ælfc. Gr. 5
      • ;
    • Zup. 16, 8.

  • Smel, smael, smal,

      Txts. 67, 992.

  • Smæl gracilis vel exilis vel

    subtilis,

    • Wrt. Voc. i. 51, 18.

  • Greát and smæl

    grossas el graciles,

      41, 68.
small, little, not great
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  • Smæl þistle

    carduus,

    • Wrt. Voc. i. 66, 66.

  • Smæl ǽl

    anguilla,

      281, 69.

  • Se Smala ciið . . . se greáta beám,

    • Past. 33
      • ;
    • Swt. 224, 3.

  • Æt ǽlcon smalon orfe penig,

    • L. Ff.
      • ;
    • Th. i. 224, 22.

  • Dó to smale netelan,

      Lchdm. ii. 68, 4.

  • Smæle þearmas

    the small guts;

      Wrt. Voc. i. 44, 46.

  • Ða gnættas and ða smalan wyrmas . . . ge þeós lyttle loppe,

    • Bt. 16, 2
      • ;
    • Fox 52, 11.

  • Flǽsc smælra fugla.

      Lchdm. ii. 180, 13.

  • Smealum bryt (brycum?)

    minutatim.

      Hpt. Gl. 443, 1.

  • Hæfaþ seó læsse smæle (smale) seó óðer hafaþ máran leáf and fǽtte.

    • MSS. H. B.
      • ;
    • Lchdm. i. 264, 18
      • .
    )
narrow, not broad
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  • Hé sǽde ðæt Norðmanna land wǽre swýðe lang and swýðe smæl. . . ðæt býne land is eásteweard brádost, and symle swá norðor swá smælre . . . and norðeweard, hé cwæð, ðǽr hit smalost wǽre, ðæt hit mihte beón þreora míla brád tó ðæm móre,

    • Ors. 1, 1
      • ;
    • Swt. 18, 24-33.

  • Andlangan ðes smalan paðes,

      Cod. Dip. B. ii. 600, 9.
slender, thin, not thick
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  • Swiora smæl

    a slender neck,

    • Exon. Th. 486, 15
      • ;
    • Rä. 72, 15.

  • Him ne hangaþ nacod sweord ofer ðam heáfde be smalan þrǽde.

    • Bt. 29,1
      • ;
    • Fox 102, 28.

  • Wið ðam smalan wyrme

    for hair worm.

      Lchdm. ii. 122, 18.
fine (of a powder, texture, etc. ), not coarse
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  • Smæl hláf

    artocobus [artocopa

    (also -us) quaevis placenta, panis quidem dulciarius et arte confectus].
      Wrt. Voc. ii. 10, 47.

  • Tú hund greátes hláfes and bridde smales

    (coarse bread) ; (fine),

      Chart. Th. 158, 26.

  • Swíðe lytle beóþ ða dropan ðæs smalan rénes,

    • Past. 57
      • ;
    • Swt. 437, 12.

  • Cnuca tó swíðe smalan duste,

      Lchdm. i. 240, 4.

  • Genim swýðe smæl dust,

      240, 11.

  • Smæl beren mela

      ii. 86, 24.

  • Asifte smale þurh smæl sife

    sift through a fine sieve,

    • 94, 1
      • :
    • 72, 28.

  • Hí smalo hrægel wefaþ and wyrceaþ

    texendis subtilioribus indumentis operam dant,

    • Bd. 4, 25
      • ;
    • S. 601, 16.

  • Heortes hornes ðæs smælestan dustes,

      Lchdm. i. 334, 19.

  • Gníd swíðe ðæt hit sý ðæt smælste

      iii. 18, 15.
of the voice, not loud. v. smale,
[
Goth. smals
:
O. Sax. smal
:
O. Frs. smel
:
O. H. Ger. smal gracilis, exilis, subtilis, minutus, strictus
:
Icel. smár; cf. also small a sheep, small cattle.
]
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Bosworth, Joseph. “smæl.” 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/28073.

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