stincan
Old Dutch
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *stinkwan.
Verb
stincan
- to give off a smell
Inflection
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
- Middle Dutch: stinken
- Dutch: stinken
- Afrikaans: stink
- Negerhollands: stink
- → Sranan Tongo: tingi
- → Saramaccan: tíngi
- Limburgish: stinke
- Dutch: stinken
Further reading
- “stinkan”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *stinkwan.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈstin.kɑn/, [ˈstiŋ.kɑn]
Verb
stincan
- to smell (give off a scent)
- c. 995, Ælfric, Extracts on Grammar in English
- Oleō: "iċ stince swōte."
- Oleo: "I smell sweet."
- late 9th century, Old English Martyrology
- 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.
- Then the body suddenly jumped out of the water, along with the head in another place, and the body and the head both smelled as sweet as a blossom of roses and lilies.
- c. 995, Ælfric, Extracts on Grammar in English
- to stink (smell bad)
- c. 990, Wessex Gospels, John 11:39
- Sē Hǣlend cwæþ, "Dōþ on weġ þone stān." Þā cwæþ Martha tō him, "Dryhten, nū hē stincþ: hē wæs for fēower dagum dēad."
- Jesus said, "Take away the stone." Then Martha said, "Lord, by now he's going to stink: he's been dead for four days."
- late 10th century, Ælfric, Lives of Saints
- 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.
- The saints were taken to a dark prison where they found the corpses of people who had long since been killed, which were swarming with maggots and stank horribly.
- c. 990, Wessex Gospels, John 11:39
Conjugation
Conjugation of stincan (strong class 3)
infinitive | stincan | stincenne |
---|---|---|
indicative mood | present tense | past tense |
first person singular | stince | stanc |
second person singular | stincst | stunce |
third person singular | stincþ | stanc |
plural | stincaþ | stuncon |
subjunctive | present tense | past tense |
singular | stince | stunce |
plural | stincen | stuncen |
imperative | ||
singular | stinc | |
plural | stincaþ | |
participle | present | past |
stincende | (ġe)stuncen |
Derived terms
- ġestincan
Related terms
- stenċ
Descendants
- Middle English: stynken, stynkkyn, stenke, styngke, stynke, stinken
- Scots: stink
- English: stink