smellen
Middle English edit
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Etymology edit
From Old English *smellan.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
smellen
- (transitive) To sense a smell or smells.
- Who drynkeþ therof or smelleth, þe odour of it heleth hym of þe pose.
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- (intransitive) To give off an odor.
- First he cheweth greyn and likorys To smellen swete.
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- (intransitive, without a modifier) To smell bad; to stink.
- Wormys has eten of him now, he smellis for iiij dayes ar gane syn he was lokin vnder a stane.
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Conjugation edit
Conjugation of smellen (weak in -ed)
1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
Descendants edit
References edit
- “smellen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2020-07-21.
Norwegian Bokmål edit
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Noun edit
smellen n or m
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
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Noun edit
smellen n or m