Old English · noun

swæcc

Part of speech: noun, masculine
Declension: strong a-stem
IPA: /swækk/
[swæk]
Syllables: swækk (1 syllable)
Modern English: taste smell

Meaning

taste
smell

Declension

Declension of swæcc
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	swæcc	swæccas
Accusative	swæcc	swæccas
Genitive	swæcces	swæcca
Dative	swæcce	swæccum

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.

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