smacchen

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Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old English smæċċan, from Proto-West Germanic *smakkijan; equivalent to smak +‎ -en (infinitival suffix).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsmatʃən/, /ˈsmɛtʃən/

Verb

smacchen

  1. (transitive, intransitive) To have a taste; to taste (something).
    Synonyms: savouren, smaken, tasten
  2. (transitive, intransitive) To smell (of); to emit or sample an odour.
  3. (transitive, intransitive) To be contaminated (by); to be blemished (with).

Conjugation

Conjugation of smacchen (weak irregular)
infinitive (to) smacchen
present tense past tense
1st-person singular smacche smaughte
2nd-person singular smacchest smaughtest
3rd-person singular smaccheth smaughte
subjunctive singular smacche
imperative singular —
plural1 smacchen, smacche smaughten, smaughte
imperative plural smaccheth, smacche —
participles smacchynge, smacchende smaught, ysmaught

1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Descendants

  • English: smatch (obsolete)

References

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