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smúgan

  • verb [ strong ]
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Grammar
smúgan, p. smeág, pl. smugon; pp. smogen
Wright's OE grammar
§496;
To creep, crawl, move gradually
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  • Ic smúge

    serpo,

      Ælfc. Gr. 28, 4; Zup. 170, 15:
  • crepo (serpo? ),

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 136, 84.
  • Smúgaþ

    serpunt,

      Wülck, Gl. 248, 19.
  • Smúgen(-an?)

    serpere,

      Hpt. Gl. 527, 49.
  • Hé (ǽwelm) biþ smúgende geond ða eorþan,

      Bt. 24, 1; Fox 80, 26.
Etymology
[Nedre smuȝeð derneliche, O. E. Homl. i. 153, 22, 32. Smuȝð, smuhgð digeliche, ii. 191, 7, 15, 17. M. H. Ger. smiegen; Icel. smjúga to creep through a hole, narrow space, etc.]
Similar entries
v. á-, under-smúgan; smeágan, and next word.
Linked entries
v.  smygel in-smoh.
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