swæcc

Old English

Alternative forms

  • swæc, swecc, swicc

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *swakku, *swakkī, from Proto-Germanic *swakkuz, *swikkiz, *swakiz (“smell, odour”), from Proto-Indo-European *sweg-, *swekn- (“to smell”). Seems to have adopted a-stem inflections by EWS.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /swækk/, [swæk]

Noun

swæcc m

  1. taste
  2. smell

Declension

Strong a-stem:

singular plural
nominative swæcc swæccas
accusative swæcc swæccas
genitive swæcces swæcca
dative swæcce swæccum

Derived terms

  • sweċċan
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