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stincan

  • verb [ strong ]
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Grammar
stincan, p. stanc, pl. stuncon ; pp. stuncen
Wright's OE grammar
§498;
To emit a smell or vapour, exhale,
where the kind of smell is not marked
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  • Stincþ

    fragrat, i. odorat, i. odorem dat,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 150, 34.
  • Stanc

    exalavit,

      29, 62.
  • Stonc,

      107, 54.
  • Swá hý swýþost stincen

    give out the strongest smell,

      Lchdm. i. 206, 8.
  • Ðæs stincendan

    fumigabundi[s ],

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 37, 20 : 86, 40.
  • Ðære stincendan

    spirantis,

      75, 51.
  • Stincende

    fragrans,

      35, 73 : 74, 65.
  • Stincendi,

      108, 76.
where the smell is a pleasant one
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  • Ic stince swóte

    oleo,

      Ælfc. Gr. 37 ; Zup. 220, 13.
  • Swecca swétast, swylce on sumeres tíd stincaþ wyrta geblówene,

      Exon. Th. 178, 22 ; Gú. 1248.
  • Stanc

    redolet,

      Hpt. Gl. 516, 41.
  • Se líchoma stanc swá swóte,

      Shrn. 143, 28 : 140, 13 : Homl. Skt. i. 4, 347.
where the smell is an unpleasant one
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  • Hé stingð (stincð, MSS. B. C.)

    faetet,

      Jn. Skt. 11, 39.
  • Ðæt oreð stincþ and áfúlaþ ðe ǽr wæs swéte on stence,

      Wulfst. 148, 7.
  • Se líchoma stincþ fúle,

      Lchdm. ii. 236, 14 : 220, 6.
  • Stinceþ,

      Exon. Th. 424, 1 ; Rä. 41, 32.
  • Ongan se cealc mid ungemete stincan ; ðá wearð hé mid ðæm brǽþe ofsmorod,

      Ors. 6, 32 ; Swt. 288, 1.
  • Him stód stincende steám of ðam múðe,

      Homl. Th. i. 86, 13, 10.
  • Stingendum

    putenti,

      Hpt. Gl. 487, 64.
Etymology
[O. H. Ger. stinchan odorem dare, odorare, fragrare, putere.]
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v. ge-, tó-stincan ; fúl-, swíð-, wel-stincende ; swót-stencende ; cf. stíman.
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