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Old English Dictionary Entry

Smúgan

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Definitions

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1 smúgan

p. smeág, pl. smugon; pp. smogen To creep, crawl, move gradually:--Ic smúge serpo, Ælfc. Gr. 28, 4; Zup. 170, 15: crepo (serpo?), Wrt. Voc. ii. 136, 84. Smúgaþ serpunt, Wülck, Gl. 248, 19. Smúgen(-an?) serpere, Hpt. Gl. 527, 49. Hé (ǽwelm) biþ smúgende geond ða eorþan, Bt. 24, 1; Fox 80, 26. [Nedre smuȝeð derneliche, O. E. Homl. i. 153, 22, 32. Smuȝð, smuhgð digeliche, ii. 191, 7, 15, 17. M. H. Ger. smiegen; Icel. smjúga to creep through a hole, narrow space, etc.] and next word. smugan
Similar Words

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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᛋᛗᚢᚷᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Abbreviations Used

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Works & Authors

Bt.
Boethius, De Consolatione Philosophiæ (OE translation by Alfred)
Fox
Fox, Samuel (Modern English translator of Boethius)
Gr.
Ælfric's Grammar
Voc.
Vocabulary
Wrt.
Wright, T. & Wülcker, R. P., Anglo-Saxon and Old English Vocabularies
Ælfc.
Ælfric
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