Old English Dictionary Entry

Tó-smeágan

Part of speech: -smeán;

Definitions

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1 tó-smeágan

p. -smeáde To examine in detail, enquire into the several parts of a subject :-- Betwuh ðám þrím is swiþe micel tósceád. Gif wit ðæt ealle sculon ásmeágan (tósmeágan, Cote. MS. ), ðonne cume wit late to ende ðisse béc, oððe nǽfre, Bt. 42 ; Fox 256, 21. to-smeagan

Similar Words

-tácnigendlic, -líce
-tang
-targed
-teáren
-teáw

Runic Inscription

ᛏᚩ-ᛋᛗᛖᚪᚷᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Works & Authors

Bt.: Boethius, De Consolatione Philosophiæ (OE translation by Alfred)
Fox: Fox, Samuel (Modern English translator of Boethius)

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