smacchen

Middle English

Alternative forms

• smachen, smaicche, smatchen

Etymology

Inherited from Old English smæċċan, from Proto-West Germanic *smakkijan; equivalent to smak +‎ -en (infinitival suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsmatʃən/, /ˈsmɛtʃən/

Verb

smacchen

1. (transitive, intransitive) To have a taste; to taste (something).

   Synonyms: savouren, smaken, tasten

2. (transitive, intransitive) To smell (of); to emit or sample an odour.
3. (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.