smellen

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Middle English

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Etymology

    From Old English *smiellan.

    Pronunciation

    Verb

    smellen

    1. (transitive) To sense a smell or smells.
      Who drynkeþ therof or smelleth, þe odour of it heleth hym of þe pose.
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    2. (intransitive) To give off an odor.
      First he cheweth greyn and likorys To smellen swete.
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    3. (intransitive, without a modifier) To smell bad; to stink.
      Wormys has eten of him now, he smellis for iiij dayes ar gane syn he was lokin vnder a stane.
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    Conjugation

    Descendants

    • English: smell
    • Scots: smell
    • Yola: smele, smoll

    References

    Norwegian Bokmål

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    Noun

    smellen n or m

    1. definite masculine singular of smell

    Norwegian Nynorsk

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    Noun

    smellen n or m

    1. definite masculine singular of smell