stenchen
Middle English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old English stenċan, from Proto-West Germanic *stankwijan, from Proto-Germanic *stankwijaną, by surface analysis, stench + -en (infinitival suffix).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
stenchen (third-person singular simple present stencheth, present participle stenchende, stenchynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle stenched)
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of stenchen (weak in -ed)
1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
Descendants edit
- English: stench (obsolete)
References edit
- “stenchen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-10-28.