smæl
Small ⬩ small, little, not great ⬩ narrow, not broad ⬩ slender, thin, not thick ⬩ fine ⬩ not coarse ⬩ not loud ⬩ gracilis, exilis, subtilis, minutus, strictus ⬩ a sheep, small cattle
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Small in the following glosses: 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.
smæl
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In l. 11 dele 'bryt (brycum?)', and add Smalum little by little, An. Ox. 1553. Cf. lytlum. Add Oð smalan cumb, fram smalan cumbes heáfde, C. D. ii. 29, 3. Innan smalan bróc; of smalan bróc, v. 105, 17. On ðone smalan pæð; of ðǽm smalan pæðe . . . on
-smæl
Similar entry: heáfod-smæl
smæl-þearmas
The small guts, intestines ⬩ the small gut ⬩ the lower abdomen
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Be wambe coþum and tácnum on roppe and on smæl-þearmum Lchdm. ii. 230, 16. Hé clǽnsaþ ðone magan and ða smælþyrmas i. 80, 21
smæl-þearme
The small gut, lower abdomen
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The small gut, lower abdomen Wyrð gegaderodu ómig wǽte on ðære wambe oððe on ðam smælþearme Lchdm. ii. 218. 17. Síhþ innan ðone rop and on ðæt smælþearme 232, 15: 246, 21. Ðá þýdde Æfner hine mid hindewerde sceafte on ðæt smælþearme percussit eum Abner
heáfod-smæl
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The opening in a tunic for the head to pass through, the collar of a tunic: Heáfodsmæl capitium (tunica coccinea, capitium et manicae sericis clavatae, Ald. 77, 15. Glosses to the same passage elsewhere are: Capitium hæt, An. Ox. 5320: Hpt. Gl. 526,
smæl-þearme
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Wið roppes ge wið wambe and smælþearmes ádlum, Lch. ii. 234, 30. Add
ǽ-smæl
a contraction of the pupil of the eye
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a contraction of the pupil of the eye Wiþ ǽsmælum and wiþ eallum eágna wærce, Lch. ii. 338, 1 : 2, 9 : 36, 16, 19
Linked entry: smæl
smale
finely ⬩ not loudly
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Ðæs dustes smæle gecnucudes Lchdm. i. 286, 2. Gegníd smæle on mortere ii. 60, 1. Gebeát smæle 88, 5.
smæc
Smack, taste, savour ⬩ gustus, sapor
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Smack, taste, savour Dulcis sapor swéte smæc, i. dulcis odor Wrt. Voc. ii. 142, 6. Ðone swétan smæc nectar 61, 31. Witt iss þurrh salltes smacc bitacnedd Orm. 1653. Smech muðes neoses smel A. R. 276, 15.
smæll
A smack, blow with the open hand ⬩ a smacking ⬩ cracking sound
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A smack, blow with the open hand Dynt ł smæll mið honde uutearde alapam Jn. Skt. Lind. 18, 22
Linked entries: hand-smæll smillan
smǽr
A lip
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A lip Smǽras (? printed sinæres) labra Hpt. Gl. 457. 39. Reádum smǽrum roseis labris 481, 25. Smǽrum buccis, 422, 72. Smérum Lchdm. i. lxx, 6. [Cf. For hire speche he smere loh, Laym. 14981. Tho he (the fox) wes inne, smere he lou. Rel. Ant. ii. 272,
Linked entry: smér
smǽr
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Smǽras labra, i. labia, An. Ox. 2160: labella, labia, 2163. Add
smæle
finely
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finely
smǽte
Refined, pure
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Refined, pure (of gold) Smaete gold obrizum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 115, 11. Smǽte obrizum 75, 72. Hié wurdan sóna tó ðam golde ðe man háteþ obritsum ðæt is smǽte gold Shrn. 32, 21. Smǽte gold ðæt in wylme biþ þurh ofnes fýr eall geclǽnsod Elen.
smeáh
creeping in, penetrating ⬩ subtle, crafty ⬩ insinuating
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creeping in, penetrating Wið smeógan wyrme Lchdm. iii. 10, 17. Similar entries v. smea-wyrm subtle, crafty [Ðe man is ʒiep toʒenes him seluen; þat is smegh oðer man to bicharren and to biswiken E. Homl. ii. 195, 5. Cf. Two þing ben in þe manne, on his
Linked entries: smeálíce smeá-wrenc smeá-wyrm smeóh
smǽte
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Smǽte gold obrizum, i. aurum optimi coloris, An. Ox. 2534. Add
smeáh
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Add Ðyses cyncges mid smeágre mynegunge gástlíce onbryrde huius regis sagaci monitu spiritaliter conpuncti, Angl. xiii. 368, 36