See stincan in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"roman": "Sē Hǣlend cwæþ, \"Dōþ on weġ þone stān.\" Þā cwæþ Martha tō him, \"Dryhten, nū hē stincþ: hē wæs for fēower dagum dēad.\"",
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"text": "late 10th century, Ælfric, Lives of Saints\nÞā hālgan wurdon ġebrōhte tō blindum cwearterne þǣr manna līc lǣgon þe wǣron ǣr ācwealde on þām cwearterne ġefyrn, þā wēollon eall maðum eġeslīċe stuncon.",
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"english": "Then Martinus beheld the demon's light, mindful of what the Lord God said in his gospel about his divine coming, and said to the false one with learned mouth, \"Our Savior did not say that he would be habited in purple, or that he would have a shining crown, when he came again with a host of angels.\" Then the sad devil disappeared, and the place stank with a powerful stench after the presence of the horrible spirit.",
"text": "Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church\nÞā besēah Martinus wið þǣs sċeoccan lēoht, ġemyndiġ on mōde hū sē Metoda Drihten cwæð on his godspelle þe his godcundan tōcyme, and cwæð tō ðām lēasan mid ġelǣredum mūðe, \"Ne sǣde ūre Hǣlend þæt hē swā wolde bēon mid purpuran gehīwod, oððe mid helme scīnende, þonne hē eft cōme mid engla ðrymme.\" Đā fordwān sē deofol drēoriġ him fram, and sēo stōw ðā stanc mid ormǣtum stenċe, æfter andwerdnysse þǣs eġeslīċan gāstes.",
"translation": "Then Martinus beheld the demon's light, mindful of what the Lord God said in his gospel about his divine coming, and said to the false one with learned mouth, \"Our Savior did not say that he would be habited in purple, or that he would have a shining crown, when he came again with a host of angels.\" Then the sad devil disappeared, and the place stank with a powerful stench after the presence of the horrible spirit.",
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"text": "late 9th century, Old English Martyrology\nÞā āhlēop sē līchama sōna upp of þām wætre and þæt hēafod on ōðerre stōwe, and sē līchama stanc and þæt hēafod swā swōte swā rosan blostma and līlian.",
"translation": "Then the body suddenly jumped out of the water, along with the head in another place, and the body and the head both smelled as sweet as a blossom of roses and lilies.",
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"roman": "Sē Hǣlend cwæþ, \"Dōþ on weġ þone stān.\" Þā cwæþ Martha tō him, \"Dryhten, nū hē stincþ: hē wæs for fēower dagum dēad.\"",
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"english": "The saints were taken to a dark prison where they found the corpses of people who had long since been killed, which were swarming with maggots and stank horribly.",
"text": "late 10th century, Ælfric, Lives of Saints\nÞā hālgan wurdon ġebrōhte tō blindum cwearterne þǣr manna līc lǣgon þe wǣron ǣr ācwealde on þām cwearterne ġefyrn, þā wēollon eall maðum eġeslīċe stuncon.",
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"english": "Then Martinus beheld the demon's light, mindful of what the Lord God said in his gospel about his divine coming, and said to the false one with learned mouth, \"Our Savior did not say that he would be habited in purple, or that he would have a shining crown, when he came again with a host of angels.\" Then the sad devil disappeared, and the place stank with a powerful stench after the presence of the horrible spirit.",
"text": "Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church\nÞā besēah Martinus wið þǣs sċeoccan lēoht, ġemyndiġ on mōde hū sē Metoda Drihten cwæð on his godspelle þe his godcundan tōcyme, and cwæð tō ðām lēasan mid ġelǣredum mūðe, \"Ne sǣde ūre Hǣlend þæt hē swā wolde bēon mid purpuran gehīwod, oððe mid helme scīnende, þonne hē eft cōme mid engla ðrymme.\" Đā fordwān sē deofol drēoriġ him fram, and sēo stōw ðā stanc mid ormǣtum stenċe, æfter andwerdnysse þǣs eġeslīċan gāstes.",
"translation": "Then Martinus beheld the demon's light, mindful of what the Lord God said in his gospel about his divine coming, and said to the false one with learned mouth, \"Our Savior did not say that he would be habited in purple, or that he would have a shining crown, when he came again with a host of angels.\" Then the sad devil disappeared, and the place stank with a powerful stench after the presence of the horrible spirit.",
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{
"ipa": "[ˈstiŋ.kɑn]"
}
],
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