Participles
| Present | ġestincende |
| Past | ġestuncen |
Indicative
Present
| 1st sing. | ġestince |
| 2nd sing. | ġestincst |
| 3rd sing. | ġestincþ |
| 1st plur. | ġestincaþ |
| 2nd plur. | ġestincaþ |
| 3rd plur. | ġestincaþ |
Past
| 1st sing. | ġestanc |
| 2nd sing. | ġestunce |
| 3rd sing. | ġestanc |
| 1st plur. | ġestuncon |
| 2nd plur. | ġestuncon |
| 3rd plur. | ġestuncon |
Subjunctive
Present
| 1st sing. | ġestince |
| 2nd sing. | ġestince |
| 3rd sing. | ġestince |
| 1st plur. | ġestincen |
| 2nd plur. | ġestincen |
| 3rd plur. | ġestincen |
Past
| 1st sing. | ġestunce |
| 2nd sing. | ġestunce |
| 3rd sing. | ġestunce |
| 1st plur. | ġestuncen |
| 2nd plur. | ġestuncen |
| 3rd plur. | ġestuncen |
Imperative
| Singular | ġestinc |
| Plural | ġestincaþ |
Verbs similar to 'gestincan'
gesincan,
geswincan,
besincan,
bestingan,
beswincan,
gescinan,
gescrincan,
gestandan,
gestigan,
gestillan,
Etymology
From ġe- + stincan.
Sample Sentences
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Mid mīnum ġeposum ne mæġ iċ nāwiht ġestincan. (With my cold, I can't smell a thing.)
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c. 897, Alfred the Great, translation of Pope Gregory's Pastoral Care
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Wē oft ġestincaþ mid ūrum nosum þæt wē mid ūrum ēagum ġesēon ne magon. (We often smell with our noses what we can't see with our eyes.)
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c. 996, Ælfric, Lives of Saints
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Þæt wīf wundrode þæs wynsuman brǣðes, and cwæþ þæt hēo nǣfre ǣr nāht swelċes ne ġestunce. (The woman was amazed at the delightful scent, and said she'd never smelled anything like it before.)
Cognates
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