gestincan

Etymology
From.

Verb

 * 1) to smell sense with the nose; transitive
 * 2) * c. 897,, translation of Pope Gregory's 
 * "ang"
 * "ang"

- Wē oft ġestincaþ mid ūrum nosum þæt wē mid ūrum ēagum ġesēon ne magon.


 * 1) * c. 996, Ælfric, Lives of Saints
 * "ang"

- Þæt wīf wundrode þæs wynsuman brǣðes, and cwæþ þæt hēo nǣfre ǣr nāht swelċes ne ġestunce.