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Old English
Etymology
Equivalent to þurh- + smūgan.
Pronunciation
Verb
þurhsmūgan
- (transitive) to creep or crawl slowly through something
1921, Joseph Bosworth, Thomas Northcote Toller, Bosworth-Toller Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online:Se wyrm ðā tungan tōtȳhþ, and ðā tēð þurhsmȳhþ.- The snake pulls asunder the tongue and crawls slowly through the teeth.
- (transitive) to go painstakingly over or through details
1921, Joseph Bosworth, Thomas Northcote Toller, Bosworth-Toller Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online:Hiġ habbaþ āscrutnod Serium and Priscianum, and þurhsmogen Catus cwydas.- They have utterly scrutinized Serium and Priscianum and painstakingly gone through Cato's Disticha.
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