olere

olere [CL], ~escere 1 to give off a smell, to smell; b (w. adv., usu. w. ref. to good smell or fragrance, also fig.). renidet, olet GlC R 50; nec oculis cernitur, nec aure percipitur, nec faucibus sapit, nec olet naribus Ailr. Serm. 21. 11. 354; redolens odor est medius inter duos olentes odores J. Blund An. 202. b per desertum virtutum instar aromatum suave olentium ascendam Bede Cant. 1125; congerite flosculos pratorum bene holentes Ælf. Bata 5. 7; aliquando olfactus et tactus, ut cum unguento bene olenti quis ungitur Simil. Anselmi 15; pectus ‥ suave olentis pudicitie refertum floribus Ailr. Spec. Car. I 26. 530; unum ‥ certum est, illis qui huic vitio dediti sunt non magis placere virtutem quam illos bene olere qui in culina habitant J. Sal. Pol. 497D; smirinion‥ folia habet ‥ suaviter olencia Alph. 174. 2 to give off a pleasant smell, to smell good, be fragrant; b (pr. ppl. as sb. n. pl.) sweet smelling things, fragrances (in quot., quasi-fig.). vincebat candore deas foliumque ligustri / vernantesque rosas et olentia lilia prati V. Merl. 175; fallitur olfactus, fragrantia censet olere / dulciave mendax gustus amara putat Neckam DS II 447; tuus ‥ halitus discessit / velut nardus pistica cum fragrans olescit (Vers.) Latin Stories 161. b scrutans conspirat, rimatur olencia plebi Elmh. Metr. Hen. V 223. 3 to give off a bad smell, to smell bad, to stink; b (fig.). fraglantes, i. olentes, odorantes, stemende GlH F 664; fraglat, olet, stincþ GlP 217; vocabula eorum inconditum sonant, horridum olent W. Malm. GP IV 186 p. 328; olentis ‥ ventre capri Map NC IV 3 f. 44v; quia ‥ corporaliter ex crapula nocturna olet inmunditia matutina quia crapula in sero fetidum anelitum reddit in mane T. Chobham Praed. 127; 1286 pro mundacione itineris ‥ quia illud iter olet apud S. Germanum de Paris’ Rec. Wardr. 536. b cujus olent actus, si vult evadere penam / in causam tractus excuteret ante crumenam Walt. Wimb. Scel. 76. 4 (w acc.) to smell of. felix qui biberit tantum ut pereat / nutans et ebrius et vinum oleat Walt. Wimb. Carm. 171. 5 to (be able to) pick up a smell, to scent. nictire, olere sicut canes faciunt Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 383; et melius nobis audit oletque canis Neckam VM 185.

olere

Saved

Recent