Smella
Old Norse Dictionary - smellaMeaning of Old Norse word "smella" in English.
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- smella
- smell, pret. small, defect.; [Swed. smälla; Ivar Aasen smella; Dan. smælde]:—to smack, crack, as a whip; the word is freq. in mod. usage, but not found in old writers.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᛘᛁᛚᛚᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
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Abbreviations used:
- Dan.
- Danish.
- defect.
- defective.
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- mod.
- modern.
- n.
- neuter.
- pret.
- preterite.
- Swed.
- Swedish.
Works & Authors cited:
- Ivar Aasen
- Ivar Aasen’s Dictionary, 1850.