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ste

N (masc, a-stem)

a smell, scent, odour

Source: https://bosworthtoller.com/28874
originates from: PGmc *stunkʷi- 'hit; smell' (stunkʷi- > stunkwi > stunki > stynki > stynk) through pgmc-to-oe
(source: Kroonen 2013:487)
Inflected forms
stenċe 'stench-DAT' (oe-dat) in Aelfric's Colloquy 2
Paradigms