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smerian

(v.)

Similar entry: smirwan

smirwan

(v.)
Grammar
smirwan, smerwan, smirewan, smeruwan, smirian, smerian, smyrian; p. smirede, ode

To smear, anoint unctus to anoint

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Smerian Blickl. Homl. 73, 24: 75, 17. Tó smirwanne Lchdm. ii. 244, 19. To smerwanne 288, 16. To smergenne iii. 4, 14. Heó com tó smyrianne (smiriane, Lind.: smiranne, Rush.) mínne líchaman Mk. Skt. 14, 8

smerwan

Similar entry: smirwan

smercian

(v.)

Similar entry: smearcian

sméðian

(v.)
Grammar
sméðian, p. ode; pp. od

to become smoothto make smooth

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to become smooth Ðonne sméðaþ ðæt neb and hálaþ Lchdm. i. 86, 8. to make smooth Ic sméðie polio Wrt. Voc. i. 28, 74. [ He wile foxliche smeþien mid worde O. E. Homl. i. 31, 8. Rihteð and smeðeð þe heorte A. R. 4, 23.]

smeágan

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add: — Ðæs ðinges onlícnesse ðe hé ymb smeáð quidquid fictis imaginibus deliberando cogitatur, Past. 157, 14. Ðá hwíle ðe hí tó ungemetlíce smeágad ymb ðás eorðlecan ðing intentionem suam dum rebus transitoriis immoderatius implicant, 431, 14. Ymb ðyllic

smeócan

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Swá swá blácern þe bútan ele byð onǽled smeócan (fumigare) mæg leóht habban ná mæg, Scint. 51, 6. Add

smeortan

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Add:(?) : to burn Tó smorcenne (smeortenne? Cf. O. H. Ger. smerzan cremare) arsuros, An. Ox. 1431

sméþian

(v.)
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Add Se cræftga sceáwað and sméðað artifex considerat et limat, Gr. D. 283, 26. Wóge sméþiende hylcas salebrosos conplanans anfractus, An. Ox. 1771

smeágan

(v.)
Grammar
smeágan, smeán; p. smeáde; ppr. smeágende, smeánde; pp. smeád

to consider, meditate, inquire, deliberateto consider, ponder, examine, inquire into, discuss, searchto seek an opportunityto accept as the result of inquiry, to suppose

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in the following glosses: Ic smeáge scrutor Ælfc. Gr. 25;Zup. 145, 3: meditor Wrt. Voc. i. 50, 3. Smeáþ investigabit Kent. Gl. 652. Smeáde disputavit Wrt. Voc. ii. 25, 61. Smégan investigare Kent. Gl. 953. Tó smyágenne tractanda 749. used absolutely,

Linked entry: smeán

smearcian

(v.)
Grammar
smearcian, smercian; p. ode

To smirk, smile

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To smirk, smile Ic smercige subrideo Ælfc. Gr. 47; Zup. 268, 8. Ðonne ðú smercodest and hlóge, ðonne weóp ic biterlíce Wulfst. 140, 28. Ðá smearcode hé Bt. 34, 10; Fox 148, 17. Smercode (smearcode, Cote. MS.) 34, 12; Fox 154, 8: 35, 4; Fox 160, 31: 40

Linked entry: smercian

smellan

(v.)
Grammar
smellan, (?); p. smeall

To crack, make a noise. to crack as a whip

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To crack, make a noise

smécan

Similar entry: smícan

smearcian

(v.)
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Swá se hálga wer þis gehýrde, þá smercode (hlóh, v. l.) hé swilce hé þæt spell forhogode quo audito vir sanctus dedignando subrisit, Gr. D. 29, 13. Ðá heó þis gehýrde, þá smearcode heó wið his weardes, Hml. S. 23 b, 590. Add

sméþan

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Se cræftga sceáwað and sméðað artifex considerat et limat, Gr. D. 283, 26. Add

smecgan

Similar entry: smæccan

smeócan

(v.)
Grammar
smeócan, p. smeác, pl. smucon; pp. smocen

To smoke, emit smoke To smoke, fumigate fumo, fumigo

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intrans. To smoke, emit smoke Smeógoþ fumigant Ps. Spl. 103, 33. Muntas smeócaþ montes fumigabunt 143, 6 : Wülck. Gl. 244, 35. Eall Sinai munt smeác (fumabat) Ex. 19, 18. Smeóce fumet Germ. 393, 187. Heortes mearh gebærned óþ ðæt hyt smeóce Lchdm. i.

Linked entries: smícan smocian

smeortan

(v.)
Grammar
smeortan, p. smeart, pl. smurton; pp. smorten

To smart dolere

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To smart Gnættas cómon mid fýrsmeortendum bitum ignitos ciniphes Ors. i, 7; Swt. 36, 30. [ Þenne akeþ his heorte and smerteð O. E. Homl. ii. 207, 21. Hire ne oc, ne ne smeart 21, 27. Ðenne wile his heorte aken and smerten 207, 34. Me iveleð hit bitterliche

Linked entries: smorcenne smeart

smering

Similar entry: smiring

sméðan

(v.)
Grammar
sméðan, p. de

To make smooth, to soothe

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To make smooth, to soothe Him is tó sellanne ðæt ðone innoþ stille and sméðe Lchdm. ii. 210, 20