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Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old English *smellan.
Pronunciation
Verb
smellen
- (transitive) To sense a smell or smells.
Who drynkeþ therof or smelleth, þe odour of it heleth hym of þe pose.- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- (intransitive) To give off an odor.
First he cheweth greyn and likorys To smellen swete.- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- (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.- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
Conjugation
1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
Descendants
References
Norwegian Bokmål
Alternative forms
Noun
smellen n or m
- definite masculine singular of smell
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
Noun
smellen n or m
- definite masculine singular of smell