Smæl

According to the Old English Dictionary:

smæl

adj. Small. I. in the following glosses :-- Smæl gracilis, smælre gracilior, ealra smælst gracillimus, Ælfc. Gr. 5; Zup. 16, 8. Smel, smael, smal, Txts. 67, 992. Smæl gracilis vel exilis vel subtilis, Wrt. Voc.i. 51, 18. Greát and smæl grossas el graciles, ii. 41, 68. II. small, little, not great :-- Smæl þistle carduus, Wrt. Voc. i. 66, 66. Smæl ǽl anguilla, 281, 69. Se Smala ciið . . . se greáta beám, Past. 33; Swt. 224, 3. Æt ǽlcon smalon orfe penig, L. Ff. ; Th. i. 224, 22. Dó to smale netelan, Lchdm. ii. 68, 4. Smæle þearmas the small guts; ilia, Wrt. Voc. i. 44, 46. Ða gnættas and ða smalan wyrmas . . . ge þeós lyttle loppe, Bt. 16, 2; Fox 52, 11. Flǽsc smælra fugla. Lchdm. ii. 180, 13. Smealum bryt (brycum?) minutatim. Hpt. Gl. 443, 1. Hæfaþ seó læsse smæle (smale, MSS. H. B. ) leáf and gehwǽde . . . seó óðer hafaþ máran leáf and fǽtte. Lchdm. i. 264, 18. III. narrow, not broad :-- Hé sǽde ðæt Norðmanna land wǽre swýðe lang and swýðe smæl. . . ðæt býne land is eásteweard brádost, and symle swá norðor swá smælre . . . and norðeweard, hé cwæð, ðǽr hit smalost wǽre, ðæt hit mihte beón þreora míla brád tó ðæm móre, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 18, 24-33. Andlangan ðes smalan paðes, Cod. Dip. B. ii. 600, 9. IV. slender, thin, not thick :-- Swiora smæl a slender neck, Exon. Th. 486, 15 ; Rä. 72, 15. Him ne hangaþ nacod sweord ofer ðam heáfde be smalan þrǽde. Bt. 29, 1; Fox 102, 28. Wið ðam smalan wyrme for hair worm. Lchdm. ii. 122, 18. V. fine (of a powder, texture, etc. ), not coarse :-- Smæl hláf a sheep">also -us) quaevis placenta">artocobus [artocopa (also -us) quaevis placenta, panis quidem dulciarius et arte confectus]. Wrt. Voc. ii. 10, 47. Tú hund greátes hláfes (coarse bread) and bridde smales (fine), Chart. Th. 158, 26. Swíðe lytle beóþ ða dropan ðæs smalan rénes, Past. 57; Swt. 437, 12. Cnuca tó swíðe smalan duste, Lchdm. i. 240, 4. Genim swýðe smæl dust, 240, 11. Smæl beren mela, ii. 86, 24. Asifte smale þurh smæl sife sift through a fine sieve, 94, 1: 72, 28. Hí smalo hrægel wefaþ and wyrceaþ texendis subtilioribus indumentis operam dant, Bd. 4, 25; S. 601, 16. Heortes hornes ðæs smælestan dustes, Lchdm. i. 334, 19. Gníd swíðe ðæt hit sý ðæt smælste, iii. 18, 15. VI. of the voice, not loud. II. [Goth. smals: O. Sax. smal: O. Frs. smel: O. H. Ger. smal gracilis, exilis, subtilis, minutus, strictus: Icel. smár; cf. also small a sheep, small cattle.] v. ǽ. smæl,-smæl

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