smacchen
Middle English
Etymology
Inherited from Old English smæċċan, from Proto-West Germanic *smakkijan; equivalent to smak + -en (infinitival suffix).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsmatʃən/, /ˈsmɛtʃən/
Verb
smacchen
- (transitive, intransitive) To have a taste; to taste (something).
- (transitive, intransitive) To smell (of); to emit or sample an odour.
- (transitive, intransitive) To be contaminated (by); to be blemished (with).
Conjugation
Conjugation of smacchen (weak irregular)
| infinitive | (to) smacchen | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | past tense | ||
| 1st-person singular | smacche | smaughte | |
| 2nd-person singular | smacchest | smaughtest | |
| 3rd-person singular | smaccheth | smaughte | |
| subjunctive singular | smacche | ||
| imperative singular | — | ||
| plural1 | smacchen, smacche | smaughten, smaughte | |
| imperative plural | smaccheth, smacche | — | |
| participles | smacchynge, smacchende | smaught, ysmaught | |
1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
Descendants
- English: smatch (obsolete)
References
- “smacchen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
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