Smeáh

Old English Dictionary Entry

Smeáh

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: smeóh; Related words: smea-wyrm.

Definitions

1 smeáh

adj. I. creeping in, penetrating :-- Wið smeógan wyrme, Lchdm. iii. 10, 17. II. subtle, crafty. [Ðe man is jiep tojenes him seluen; þat is smegh oðer man to bicharren and to biswiken, O. E. Homl. ii. 195, 5. Cf. Two þing ben in þe manne, on his þat clene kinde þat God haueþ þeron broht þureh his smehnesse (wisdom, skill), 205, 19. Smeihliche bicharede, 71, 28. Cf. Icel. í-smeygiligr insinuating.] See smeá-wrenc and other compounds with smeá-, and smeágan, ge-smeáh. smeah

Runic Inscription

ᛋᛗᛖᚪᚻ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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