fragrare

fragrare [CL] , (intr.) to be fragrant, to smell sweet (also fig.); b (w. gen., abl., or prep. & acc.). c (w. acc.) to be redolent of, to smell of. d (pr. ppl.) fragrant, sweet-smelling. 667 pia opera coram Deo flagrant et vernant (Lit. Papae) Bede HE III 29 p. 198; namque rosae rutilant per totum [sc. campum] et lilia flagrant Æthelwulf Abb. 702; quantus ‥ efferbuerit odor suavitatis ‥ cum non solum in ipsa domo fraglaverit orationis ‥ verum in claustro ‥ redundabat odoratio suavis Herm. Arch. 20; ut ‥ odor sanctae societatis ‥ fragrando resplendeat V. Gund. 12; o Christe, o uncte, o quantum fragrant hec vestimenta tua! Ailr. Serm. 2. 225B; dicimus fraglo, ~as, et †frago [MS: fragro], ~as, ‥ pro olere Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 237; fragrare, olere, quod et fraglare dicitur Ib. 245; fac, quod fragret presens laudatio J. Howd. Ph. 1. 3; Walt. Wimb. Virgo 46 (v. 2 flagrare 1).  b c1022 dulcissima odoramina flagrantia rosarum CD 736; flos cujus odore, / cujus siderea specie Lincolnia fragrat / et flagrat; fragrat redolens, flagratque coruscans H. Avr. Hugh 41–2; nunc solum in suavitatis odorem celestis vite contemplacio sibi fragrat Ps.-Elmh. Hen. V 127 p. 334.  c sed putor ambrosiam flagrabat [vv. ll. fraglabat, fragrabat] nectare suavem Aldh. VirgV 1203; in quo [sc. loco] multoties caelesti nectare dulcis / flagrat odor Alcuin WillV II 29. 2.  d flagrans, stincendi GlC F 254; sanctissima parens non cessabat assiduis monitis irrigare hortum Domini ‥; ad illam enim vitam flagrantissimam prolem exercebat quam ipsa ‥ Gosc. Werb. 3. 101d–102A; numquam ‥ representavit ei ‥ olfactus vinum balsamo fragrantius quia non olfecit Simil. Anselmi 20; quarum [virginum] ‥ media eminebat ‥ odore inestimabili fragrantior Dominic V. Ecgwini I 8; ave, virga terrea, / cujus odor turea / transcendebat omnia, / cum flagrans devotio / et fraglans oratio / petebant celestia Edmund BVM 3. 40; suavissimas flagrantissimasque rosas André Hen. VII 41.