SMEYGJA

(-ða, -t), v. to slip, with dat.; smeygði hann lykkjunni af hálsi sér, he slipped the loop off is neck; hann smeygði á sik brókunum, he pulled the trousers on;

refl., smeygjast, to free oneself (smeygðist Egill af stafnum); s. undan af sannindunum, to slip away from the truth.

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ð, a causal to smjúga, q. v., [Germ. smeicheln; Dan. smöge], to make slip, with dat.; hann smeygði fjötrinum af niðr, Fms, vi. 15; smeygði hann lykkjunni á háls sér, … s. tauginni af hálsi sér, he slipped the loop off his neck, 368; hann smeygði á sik brókunum, pulled the breeks on, Hkr. iii. 323; smeygja sér inn, to insinuate oneself.

II. reflex. to rid oneself; smeygðisk Egill af stafnum. Eg. 233; smeygjask undan e-u, to slip away from, Fms. ix. 333.