Smeáh

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - smeáh

According to the Old English Dictionary:

smeóh;

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

Related words: smea-wyrm.

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