stincan

Etymology
From.

Verb

 * 1) to give off a smell

Etymology
From.

Verb

 * 1) to smell (give off a scent; intransitive)
 * 2) * c. 995, Ælfric, Extracts on Grammar in English
 * "ang"

- Oleō: "iċ stince swōte."


 * 1) * late 9th century, Old English Martyrology
 * "ang"

- Þā āhlēop sē līchama sōna upp of þām wætre and þæt hēafod on ōðerre stōwe, and sē līchama stanc and þæt hēafod swā swōte swā rosan blostma and līlian.


 * 1) to stink (smell bad; intransitive)
 * 2) * c. 990, , John 11:39
 * "ang"

- Sē Hǣlend cwæþ, "Dōþ on weġ þone stān." Þā cwæþ Martha tō him, "Dryhten, nū hē stincþ: hē wæs for fēower dagum dēad."


 * 1) * late 10th century, Ælfric, Lives of Saints
 * "ang"

- Þā hālgan wurdon ġebrōhte tō blindum cwearterne þǣr manna līc lǣgon þe wǣron ǣr ācwealde on þām cwearterne ġefyrn, þā wēollon eall maðum eġeslīċe stuncon.