smæc

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *smakku.

Noun

smæc m

1. smack, taste, flavour

Declension

Declension of smæc (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	smæc	smæcas
accusative	smæc	smæcas
genitive	smæces	smæca
dative	smæce	smæcum

Derived terms

• smæċċan

Descendants

• Middle English: smak, smac, smach, smech, ssmak; smacche, smake, smatche; smacc
  • English: smack
  • Scots: smack
    • ⇒? Scots: smick

References

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