swæcc

Old English

Alternative forms

• swæc, swecc, swicc

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /swækk/, [swæk]

Noun

swæcc m

1. taste
2. smell

Declension

Declension of swæcc (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	swæcc	swæccas
accusative	swæcc	swæccas
genitive	swæcces	swæcca
dative	swæcce	swæccum

Derived terms

• sweċċan