asmeagan

Old English

Alternative forms

• āsmēan, āsmēaġean

Etymology

Equivalent to ā- +‎ smēaġan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑːˈsmæ͜ɑː.jɑn/

Verb

āsmēaġan

1. to look into closely, investigate
2. to consider, ponder
   • c. 992, Ælfric, "The Nativity of St. Clement the Martyr"

     Wén is þæt eower sum cweðe to him sylfum on stillum geðohtum, Hwæt forleton has gebroðru, Petrus and Andreas, þe for nean nán ðing næfdon? ac we sceolon on þisum ðinge heora gewilnunge swiðor āsmēaġan þonne heora gestreon.

     It is to be expected that one of you in his still thoughts say to himself, What did the brothers, Peter and Andrew, leave, who had almost nothing? but in this case we should rather consider their desire than their possession.

3. to find out by investigating, devise
4. to deem, judge

Conjugation

Conjugation of āsmēaġan (weak class 2)

infinitive	āsmēaġan	āsmēaġenne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	āsmēaġe	āsmēade
second person singular	āsmēast	āsmēadest
third person singular	āsmēaþ	āsmēade
plural	āsmēaġaþ	āsmēadon
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	āsmēaġe	āsmēade
plural	āsmēaġen	āsmēaden
imperative
singular	āsmēa
plural	āsmēaġaþ
participle	present	past
	āsmēaġende	āsmēad

Derived terms

• āsmēaġendlīc
• āsmēaġung f (“investigation, meditation”)

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “ĀSMĒAGAN”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “ĀSMĒAGAN supplemental input”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[2], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.