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{
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"name": "der"
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},
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"t": "a burrow, place to creep into"
},
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"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Proto-Germanic *smaugijaną. Compare smēag (“penetrating, acute, subtle, effective, clever”), from Proto-Germanic *smaugaz (“slimy, slippery, slick”). Akin to Old English smūgan (“to creep, progress gradually or deliberately”), Old Norse smjúga (“to creep”) (> Danish smyge), Old English smyġel (“a burrow, place to creep into”).",
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"source": "conjugation",
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"source": "conjugation",
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},
{
"form": "smēaġenne",
"source": "conjugation",
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},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
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"present",
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{
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"source": "conjugation",
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]
},
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"source": "conjugation",
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"source": "conjugation",
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]
},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
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"past",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "smēaġaþ",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "smēadon",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
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"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
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]
},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
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"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "smēaden",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "smēa",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"past",
"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "smēaġaþ",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"past",
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "smēaġende",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "smēad",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "ġesmēad",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"past"
]
}
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"1": "smēaġan<w2>"
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"name": "ang-conj"
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],
"lang": "Old English",
"lang_code": "ang",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "48 25 27",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
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"Entry maintenance"
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"source": "w+disamb"
}
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{
"english": "Consider now how the Lord took glory away from mankind, that he might give them glory.",
"text": "c. 992, Ælfric, \"The Nativity of St. Andrew the Apostle\"\nSmēaġað nu hú Drihten mancynne ætbræd wuldor, þæt hé him wuldor forgeafe.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"consider, think about"
],
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"links": [
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],
[
"think",
"think"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"meditate"
],
"id": "en-smeagan-ang-verb-S5~~~Sym",
"links": [
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"meditate",
"meditate"
]
]
},
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{
"english": "And the Pharisees came forth, and began to question with him, seeking of him a sign from heaven, tempting him. (KJV)",
"ref": "Lindisfarne Gospels, Mark 8:11",
"text": "And þa ferdon ða pharisei ⁊ ongunnon mid him smeagean ⁊ tacen of heofone sohton ⁊ his fandedon;",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "And he asked them, What question ye among yourselves?",
"roman": "Þa ahsode he hi, hwæt smeage ge betwux eow;",
"text": "Lindisfarne Gospels, Mark 9:16",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"examine, scrutinize, question"
],
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"examine",
"examine"
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[
"scrutinize",
"scrutinize"
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[
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]
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}
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"sounds": [
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"ipa": "/ˈsmæ͜ɑː.jɑn/"
}
],
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"word": "smēan"
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{
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"word": "smēaġean"
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],
"word": "smeagan"
}
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"Old English entries with incorrect language header",
"Old English lemmas",
"Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
"Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Old English verbs"
],
"derived": [
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},
{
"word": "besmēaġan"
},
{
"word": "foresmēaġan"
},
{
"word": "ġesmēaġan"
},
{
"word": "smēaġendlīċ"
},
{
"word": "smēaġung"
},
{
"word": "tōsmēaġan"
},
{
"word": "þurhsmēaġan"
},
{
"word": "undersmēaġan"
}
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"3": "*smaugijaną"
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"name": "der"
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{
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"1": "ang",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*smaugaz",
"t": "slimy, slippery, slick"
},
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"name": "cog"
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"2": "smjuga",
"3": "smjúga",
"4": "to creep"
},
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"name": "cog"
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{
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"1": "da",
"2": "smyge"
},
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"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "smyġel",
"t": "a burrow, place to creep into"
},
"expansion": "Old English smyġel (“a burrow, place to creep into”)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Proto-Germanic *smaugijaną. Compare smēag (“penetrating, acute, subtle, effective, clever”), from Proto-Germanic *smaugaz (“slimy, slippery, slick”). Akin to Old English smūgan (“to creep, progress gradually or deliberately”), Old Norse smjúga (“to creep”) (> Danish smyge), Old English smyġel (“a burrow, place to creep into”).",
"forms": [
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]
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{
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"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
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]
},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
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},
{
"form": "2",
"source": "conjugation",
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]
},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
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"infinitive"
]
},
{
"form": "smēaġenne",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"infinitive"
]
},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
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"first-person",
"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "smēade",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"past",
"singular"
]
},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
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"present",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
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"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "smēaþ",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "smēade",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "smēaġen",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "smēaden",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"past",
"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "smēaġaþ",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"past",
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "smēaġende",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "smēad",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "ġesmēad",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"past"
]
}
],
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"1": "smēaġan"
},
"expansion": "smēaġan",
"name": "ang-verb"
}
],
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"1": "smēaġan<w2>"
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],
"lang": "Old English",
"lang_code": "ang",
"pos": "verb",
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{
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{
"english": "Consider now how the Lord took glory away from mankind, that he might give them glory.",
"text": "c. 992, Ælfric, \"The Nativity of St. Andrew the Apostle\"\nSmēaġað nu hú Drihten mancynne ætbræd wuldor, þæt hé him wuldor forgeafe.",
"type": "quotation"
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"consider, think about"
],
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[
"consider",
"consider"
],
[
"think",
"think"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"meditate"
],
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[
"meditate",
"meditate"
]
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],
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{
"english": "And the Pharisees came forth, and began to question with him, seeking of him a sign from heaven, tempting him. (KJV)",
"ref": "Lindisfarne Gospels, Mark 8:11",
"text": "And þa ferdon ða pharisei ⁊ ongunnon mid him smeagean ⁊ tacen of heofone sohton ⁊ his fandedon;",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "And he asked them, What question ye among yourselves?",
"roman": "Þa ahsode he hi, hwæt smeage ge betwux eow;",
"text": "Lindisfarne Gospels, Mark 9:16",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"examine, scrutinize, question"
],
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[
"examine",
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],
[
"scrutinize",
"scrutinize"
],
[
"question",
"question"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈsmæ͜ɑː.jɑn/"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "smēan"
},
{
"word": "smēaġean"
}
],
"word": "smeagan"
}
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