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smeá-wrenc

  • noun [ masculine ]
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smeá-wrenc, es ; m.
A crafty device, sharp trick
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  • Hé begeat mid his sméhwrencan and mid his golde and seolfre eall dyrnunga, ðæt him gewearð se þridda pænig of ðære tolne on Sandwíc,

      Chart. Th. 339, 8.
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v. smeáh.
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