Participles
| Present | stincende |
| Past | (ġe)stuncen |
Indicative
Present
| 1st sing. | stince |
| 2nd sing. | stincst |
| 3rd sing. | stincþ |
| 1st plur. | stincaþ |
| 2nd plur. | stincaþ |
| 3rd plur. | stincaþ |
Past
| 1st sing. | stanc |
| 2nd sing. | stunce |
| 3rd sing. | stanc |
| 1st plur. | stuncon |
| 2nd plur. | stuncon |
| 3rd plur. | stuncon |
Subjunctive
Present
| 1st sing. | stince |
| 2nd sing. | stince |
| 3rd sing. | stince |
| 1st plur. | stincen |
| 2nd plur. | stincen |
| 3rd plur. | stincen |
Past
| 1st sing. | stunce |
| 2nd sing. | stunce |
| 3rd sing. | stunce |
| 1st plur. | stuncen |
| 2nd plur. | stuncen |
| 3rd plur. | stuncen |
Imperative
| Singular | stinc |
| Plural | stincaþ |
Verbs similar to 'stincan'
sincan,
slincan,
stingan,
swincan,
ætiecan,
astingan,
astintan,
crincan,
cwincan,
drincan,
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *stinkwan.
Verbs referencing "stincan"
English
stink, Middle English
stynken.
Sample Sentences
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c. 995, Ælfric, Extracts on Grammar in English
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Oleō: "iċ stince swōte." (Oleo: "I smell sweet.")
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late 9th century, Old English Martyrology
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Þā 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. (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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c. 990, Wessex Gospels, John 11:39 (Jesus said, "Take away the stone." Then Martha said, "Lord, by now he's going to stink: he's been dead for four days.")
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late 10th century, Ælfric, Lives of Saints
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Þā hālgan wurdon ġebrōhte tō blindum cwearterne þǣr manna līc lǣgon þe wǣron ǣr ācwealde on þām cwearterne ġefyrn, þā wēollon eall maðum eġeslīċe stuncon. (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.)
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Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church
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Þā 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. (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.)
Cognates
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