ge-stincan
- verb [ strong ]
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Nas-þeorlu oððe nósa hí habbaþ, and híg ne gestincaþ
nostrils or noses they have, and they smell not,
- Ps. Lamb. second 113, 6.
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Hí nóse habbaþ náwiht gestincaþ
they have a nose [and] smell naught,
- Ps. Th. 134, 17.
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Sume mágon gehíran, sume gestincan
some can hear, some smell,
- Bt. 41, 5; Fox 252, 24.
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Ðonne gé ða swétan stencas gestincaþ
when ye smell the sweet odours,
- Blickl. Homl. 59, 3.
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Hí ðæs landes lyft gestuncon
they smelt the air of the land,
- Bd. 1, 1; S. 474, 35.
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Hí ná gestingcaþ [ = gestincaþ]
they smell not,
- Ps. Spl. 113, 14.
Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-stincan.” 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/16173.
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