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smæccan

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
smæccan, smecgan; smæhte
To taste
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  • Ic smæcce (smæcge, MS. J. )

    sapio,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 28
    • ;
    • Zup. 166, 6.
  • um gustasset acetum noluit bibere; ' þet is, he smeihte þet bittre drunch & wiðdrouh him anon,

      CA. R. 238, 21.
  • Summe þinge me haueð ismeiht oðer smelled,

      92, 4.
  • Al þet ich abbe mid muþ ismaht

      O. E. Homl. i. 189, 5.
  • Unlouely þei smaujte,

      Piers P. 5, 363.
Etymology
O. Frs. smekka
:
O. H. Ger. smecchen sapere.
Similar entries
v. ge-smæccan, -smecgan, and preceding word.
Linked entries
v.  smecgan.
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