1 ge-stincan
p. -stanc, pl. -stuncon; pp. -stuncen To perceive by the sense of smelling; olfacere aliquid, odorare, odorari :-- Nas-þeorlu oððe nósa hí habbaþ, and híg ne gestincaþ nostrils or noses they have, and they smell not, Ps. Lamb. second 113, 6. Hí nóse habbaþ náwiht gestincaþ they have a nose [and] smell naught, Ps. Th. 134, 17. Sume mágon gehíran, sume gestincan some can hear, some smell, Bt. 41, 5; Fox 252, 24. Ðonne gé ða swétan stencas gestincaþ when ye smell the sweet odours, Blickl. Homl. 59, 3. Hí ðæs landes lyft gestuncon they smelt the air of the land, Bd. 1, 1; S. 474, 35. Hí ná gestingcaþ [ = gestincaþ]they smell not, Ps. Spl. 113, 14. ge-stincan