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sméðe

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sméðe, adj.
Wright's OE grammar
§62; §434; §553;
Smooth,
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  • Sméðe

    lenis,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 51, 48.

  • Smoeðum

    politis,

      117, 55.

  • Ðæs sméðestan

    politissimis,

      66, 27.
smooth, without roughness or
inequalities of surface
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  • Sméðe ringce

    tinius, Wrt. Voc. i.

      40, 56.
  • Mín bróður ys rúh and ic eom sméðe. Gen. 27, 11.

  • Ðonne glád hit on ðǽm scyllum swelce hit wǽre sméðe ísen,

      Ors. 4, 6 ; Swt. 174, 8.

  • Wæs cyrtil unrúh ł smoeðe,

      Jn. Skt. Lind. 19, 23.

  • Án dún ful sméðe,

      Homl. Skt. i. 19, 109.

  • On sméðum felda

    on a plain,

      Ors. 3, 11 ; Swt. 142, 14.

  • Wé becóman on summe sméðne feld (

    in viam planom

    ),
      Bd. 5, 6 ; S. 618, 40.

  • Ðeós wyrt biþ cenned on sméðum landum,

      Lchdm. i. 90, 3 : 298, 3.

  • On sméðe (smoeðum, Lind., Rush.) wegas

    in vias planas,

      Lk. Skt. 3, 5.

  • Hé hæfþ ðe sméþran líchoman,

      Lchdm. ii. 298, 13.
smooth, without discomfort or
annoyance
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  • Wǽron hyra gongas under Godes egsan sméðe and geséfte. Exon. Th. 146, 3 ; Gú. 704.
smooth, suave, avoiding offence
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  • Hé biþ hwílum tó ungemetlíce sméðe, hwílum tó ungemetlíce réðe

    amor proprius mentem aliquando inordinate ad mollitiem, aliquando ad asperitatem rapit,

      Past. 19, 1 ; Swt. 143, 7.
smooth, not irritating (of food, medicine, etc. )
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  • Ne se mete ne sié tó scearp ne tó súr, ac sméðe and fǽt,

      Lchdm. ii. 196, 8.

  • Eáðmylte mettas and scír wín and sméðe,

      220, 13.

  • Ða wambe man sceal clǽsnian mid stnéþe wyrtdrence,

      262, 17.

  • Wyrc sméþe eágsealfe,

      308, 27.
smooth (of words)
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  • Sméðne sybcwide. Frag. Kmbl. 54 ; Leás. 29.
  • Ðám ðe ful sméðe sprǽce habbaþ, 20 ; Leás. 12.

  • Ðone ele, ðæt wǽron ða sméðan lyffetunga,

      Homl. Th. ii. 572, 1.

  • Bepǽcean mid sméðan wordan,

      Homl. Skt. i. 23, 602.

  • Se Hǽlend lufaþ swíðor ða dǽde ðonne ða sméðan word,

      Ælfc. T. Grn. 14, 34.
of the voice,
not harsh, melodious, harmonious
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  • Stefen smoeðu

    vox canora,

      Ps. Surt. ii. p. 202, 5. v. un*-*sméþe; smoóþ.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “sméðe.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/28139.

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