smeagan
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Old English [edit]
Alternative forms [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Old English, from smēah (“penetrating, acute, subtle, effective”). Akin to Old English smūgan (“to creep, progress gradually or deliberately”), Old Norse smjúga (“to creep”) (>Danish smyge), Old English smygel (“a burrow, place to creep into”)
Verb [edit]
smēagan
- consider, think about
- meditate
- examine, scrutinize
Derived terms [edit]
- smēalīc (“searching, penetrating, meticulous, exhaustive”)
- smēalīcnes (“subtlety”)
- smēagendlīc (“meditative, accurate”)
- smēagung, smēaung (“inquiry, search, investigation”)
