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smeágung

  • noun [ feminine ]
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smeágung, smeáwung, smeáung, sméung, smeáng, e ; f.
search, inquiry, investigation where something is lost
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  • On swylcere smeágunge (

    the search for stolen cattle),

    • L. Edg. S. 12
      • ;
    • Th. i. 276, 21.

  • Habban ðás ylcan smeágunge on minum cucum orfe and on mínra þegena

    • 13
      • ;
    • Th. i. 276, 24, 14
      • ;
    • Th. i. 276, 32.
inquiry carried on by the mind, inquiry, consideration, meditation, discussion, deliberation
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  • Smeágung

    studium.

      Wrt. Voc. i. 51, 27.

  • Sió smeáung and sió gesceádwísnes

    ratiocinatio,

    • Bt. 39, 8
      • ;
    • Fox 224, 4.

  • Smeáung (Ps. Surt. smeáng)

    meditatio,

      Ps. Spl. 118, 24, 97, 99.

  • Smeágunge

    scrutinio,

      63, 6.

  • On smeáwunge and on leornunge háligra gewrita

    meditationi scripiurarum,

    • Bd. 4, 3
      • ;
    • S. 567, 29.

  • Smeáunge

    • 1, 1
      • ;
    • S. 474, 5
      • :
    • Past. ii
      • ;
    • Swt. 67, 5
      • .

  • Smeánge

      Ps. Surt. 38, 4.

  • Hí hæfdon On ðam gemóte micle smeáunge and geþeaht hwæt him tó dónne wǽre

    illi tractatum magnum in concilio quid esset agendum habere coeperunt,

    • Bd. 3. 5
      • ;
    • S. 527, 26
      • .

  • Ðá geseah se árleása áídlian his smeágunge

    then the impious king saw all his deliberation was of no avail,

    • Homl. Skt. i. 4, 399
      • .

  • Smeáunga yfle

    cogitationes malae,

      Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 15, 19.

  • Smeáwunga

      9, 4.

  • Smeáwungas (smeóunge, Rush).

      Lk. Skt. Lind. 11, 17.

  • Smeáungas (sméunges, Rush.)

      , 2, 35.
Similar entries
v. á-, ofer-, riht-, scearp-smeágung, -smeáung.
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v.  smeáung.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “smeágung.” 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/28088.

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