smellen

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

    Etymology tree
    Proto-Indo-European *(s)meld-
    Proto-West Germanic *smalljan
    Old English *smiellan
    Middle English smellen

    From Old English *smiellan.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈsmɛlən/

    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

    Conjugation of smellen (weak in -ed)
    infinitive (to) smellen, smelle
    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

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

    Descendants

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

    References

    Norwegian Bokmål

    Alternative forms

    Noun

    smellen n or m

    1. definite masculine singular of smell

    Norwegian Nynorsk

    Alternative forms

    Noun

    smellen n or m

    1. definite masculine singular of smell
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