smúin

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish smúainid, from smúan (“reflection, consideration”).

Verb

smúin

1. Obsolete form of smaoinigh.
   • a. 1727, Aodhagán Ó Rathaille, The Poems of Egan O’Rahilly, Irish Texts Society vol. 3, 2nd edition (1911), edited by Patrick S. Dinneen and Tadhg O’Donoghue, p. 154:

     D’éag an salmach, dalta do Dháibhidh,
     Nár smúin Drúis ’s a d-Tnúth nár thárlaig.

     Dead is the psalm-changer, the disciple of David,
     Who thought not of Lust, and was not found in Envy.