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swecc

  • noun [ masculine ]
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swecc, swæcc,es; m.
a taste, flavour, savour
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  • Ðæs ( the manna's) swæc (gustus ) wæs swilce smedema mid hunige,

    • Ex. 16, 31: Bt. 34, 11
      • ;
    • Fox 152, 1.

  • Swæcces

    nectaris, saporis,

    • Hpt. Gl. 488, 26.

  • Búton swæcce ( sapore ) sealtes.

    • Coll. Monast. Th. 28, 15.

  • On swæce swylce gréne cystel,

    • Lchdm. i. 108, 2.

  • On swæcce swéttran ðonne beóna hunig,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 136, 30: 144, 4.
the sense, of taste
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  • :-- Mid úrum fif andgitum . . . swæc and stenc,

    • Homl. Th. i. 138, 27.

  • Swæcc,

    • ii. 550, 11: Wrt. Voc. i. 42, 60.
an odour, a scent, smell
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  • Wundorlíces brǽðes swæc,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 352, 15.

  • Seó wundriende swétnes ðæs swæcces

    ( odoris )

    ,
    • Bd. . 5, 12
      • ;
    • S. 629, 20
      • .

  • Stémendes swæcces

    nardi pistici,

    • Hpt. Gl. 516, 38.

  • Ðæt hús wæs gefylled of ðære sealfe swæcce

    ( odore )

    ,
    • Jn. Skt. 12, 3.

  • Gif ðú hyre blósðman brýtest, hé hæfþ swæc swylce ellen,

    • Lchdm. i. 104, 20.

  • Swecca swétast swylce stincaþ wyrta geblówene,

    • Exon. Th. 178, 20
      • ;
    • Gú, 1247
      • .

  • Swæcca,

    • 358, 16
      • ;
    • Pa. 46.

  • Swétum swæccum

    ( odoribus )

    ,
    • 212, 22
      • ;
    • Ph. 214.

  • Sweccum,

    • Kent. Gl. 1016.
the sense of smell
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    Swæc

    odoratus

    (in a list 'de homine et de partibus ejus'),
    • Wrt. Voc. i. 282, 31: 64, 19.

  • Stenc, swæc olfactum, swæc odoratus,

    • ii. 62, 45, 46.
Etymology
[
O. Sax. swek an odour
:
O. H. Ger. swehhi odor.
]
Linked entries
v.  swæc swice.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “swecc.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/29592.

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