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smeá-líc

  • adjective
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smeá-líc, adj.
searching, penetrating (of inquiry, trial, etc. )
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  • Hwæt is sió þyrelung ðæs wǽges búton scearplícu and smeálícu fandung ðæs módes ðæt mon mid ðære . . . onlúce ða heardan heortan

    quid est parietem fodere, nisi acutis inquisitionibus duritiam cordis aperire ?

    • Past. 21, 3
    • ;
    • Swt. 155, 1.
that goes to the root or heart of a matter, profound
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  • Hú ðú mé hæfst áfréfrodne ǽgðer ge mid ðínre smealícan sprǽce ge mid ðære wynsumnesse ðínes sanges

    quantum me vel senten-tiarum pondere vel canendi jucunditate refovisti,

    • Bt. 22, 1
    • ;
    • Fox 76, 10: tit.
    • ;
    • Fox xiv, 6.
exquisite, choice (?)
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  • Smeálícran

    exquisitiores,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 145, 15.
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  • smeá-líc, adj.