smeagan
Old English
Alternative forms
- smēan
Etymology
Old English, from smēah (“penetrating, acute, subtle, effective”). Akin to Old English smūgan (“to creep, progress gradually or deliberately”), Old Norse smjúga (“to creep”) (>Danish smyge), Old English smygel (“a burrow, place to creep into”)
Verb
smēagan
- consider, think about
- meditate
- examine, scrutinize
Derived terms
- smēalīc (“searching, penetrating, meticulous, exhaustive”)
- smēalīcnes (“subtlety”)
- smēagendlīc (“meditative, accurate”)
- smēagung, smēaung (“inquiry, search, investigation”)