"stench" meaning in Middle English

See stench in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /stɛnt͡ʃ/, /stint͡ʃ/, /stunt͡ʃ/ Forms: stenches [plural]
Etymology: Originally two distinct nouns: * Old English stenċ, from Proto-West Germanic *stankwi, from Proto-Germanic *stankwiz. * Old English stynċ, from Proto-West Germanic *stunkwi, from Proto-Germanic *stunkwiz. Etymology templates: {{inh|enm|ang|stenċ}} Old English stenċ, {{inh|enm|gmw-pro|*stankwi}} Proto-West Germanic *stankwi, {{inh|enm|gem-pro|*stankwiz}} Proto-Germanic *stankwiz, {{inh|enm|ang|stynċ}} Old English stynċ, {{inh|enm|gmw-pro|*stunkwi}} Proto-West Germanic *stunkwi, {{inh|enm|gem-pro|*stunkwiz}} Proto-Germanic *stunkwiz Head templates: {{head|enm|nouns|g=|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} stench, {{enm-noun|stenches}} stench (plural stenches)
  1. A stench; an unpleasant or repulsive smell:
    The sulphuric smell of hellfire.
    Categories (topical): Smell
    Sense id: en-stench-enm-noun-4CT0Pgb0 Disambiguation of Smell: 24 25 24 27
  2. A stench; an unpleasant or repulsive smell:
    The smell of sin or iniquity.
    Categories (topical): Smell
    Sense id: en-stench-enm-noun-TqoWoMKu Disambiguation of Smell: 24 25 24 27
  3. Something that causes or has such a smell. Categories (topical): Smell
    Sense id: en-stench-enm-noun-bH4295Qb Disambiguation of Smell: 24 25 24 27
  4. (rare, Early Middle English) A smell or scent (good or bad). Tags: Early-Middle-English, rare Categories (topical): Smell
    Sense id: en-stench-enm-noun-lkO~VGzg Disambiguation of Smell: 24 25 24 27 Categories (other): Early Middle English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (topical): Religion Synonyms: stenche, stinche, stunch, stynche, stænc, stinnch [Early-Middle-English] Related terms: stenchen
Disambiguation of Religion: 0 0 0 0

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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