sméagan

\sméagan ¹ [smee·jan] wv/t2 3^rd pres sméaþ past sméade ptp gesméad 1. to think, think out, reflect; 2. used absolutely, or with prepositions (be, on, ymbe) to consider, reflect, meditate, inquire, deliberate; ymbe his ǽ hé biþ sméagende about his law he is deliberating; \sméagan be w.d. to inquire about something; \sméagan be þǽm intingan to inquire about the matter; \sméagan on to meditate on; on eallum þínum weorcum ic wæs sméagende on all thy works I was meditating; 3. to consider, ponder, examine, penetrate, scrutinize, inquire into, look closely into, discuss, search, (1) w.a.; sméagaþ hálige gewritu discuss holy writs; (2) with clauses introduced by þæt, hú, hwilc, hwæt, etc.; hé sóhte and sméade, hwæt tó dónne wǽre he sought and thought what would be to do; (3) w.infin.?; 3a. to seek an opportunity; 4. to accept as the result of inquiry, to suppose;