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stincan

  • verb [ strong ]
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Grammar
stincan, p. stanc, pl. stuncon; pp. stuncen
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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

    redolent,

    • 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.
]
Similar entries
v. ge-, tó-stincan ; fúl-, swíð-, wel-stincende ; swót-stencende ; cf. stíman.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “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/29003.

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