smellen
Middle English
Alternative forms
- smullen, smillen, smeallen
Etymology
From Old English *smellan.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsmɛlən/
Verb
smellen
- (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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- (intransitive) To give off an odor.
- First he cheweth greyn and likorys To smellen swete.
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- (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
Conjugation of smellen (weak in -ed)
infinitive | (to) smellen, smelle | ||
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present tense | past tense | ||
1st-person singular | smelle | smelled | |
2nd-person singular | smellest | smelledest | |
3rd-person singular | smelleth | smelled | |
subjunctive singular | smelle | ||
imperative singular | — | ||
plural1 | smellen, smelle | smelleden, smellede | |
imperative plural | smelleth, smelle | — | |
participles | smellynge, smellende | smelled, ysmelled |
1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
References
- “smellen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2020-07-21.
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