† weffen.1
Obsolete.
1. A (foul or unsavoury) scent or odour: = waft n.1 1b. Cf. whiff n.1 3.
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the world > physical sensation > smell and odour > [noun]
smacka1000
breathOE
smella1175
irea1300
weffea1300
thefa1325
relesec1330
odour?c1335
incensea1340
flair1340
savoura1350
smellingc1386
flavourc1400
fumec1400
reflairc1400
air?a1439
scent?1473
taste?c1475
verdure1520
senteur1601
waft1611
effluvium1656
fluor1671
burning scent1681
aura1732
fumet1735
snuff1763
olfacient1822
odouret1825
waff1827
gush1841
sniff1844
tang1858
nose1894
the world > physical sensation > smell and odour > fetor > [noun] > fetid smells
stenchc893
reekeOE
weffea1300
stink1382
fise14..
smeek?c1425
fist1440
fetorc1450
stew1487
moisture1542
putor1565
pouant1602
funk1606
graveolence1623
hogo1654
whiff1668
fogo1794
stythe1823
malodour1825
pen and ink1859
body scent1875
pong1900
niffa1903
hum1906
taint1927
honk1953
bowf1985
stank1996
a1300 Body & Soul (Laud) in Map's Poems (Camden) 335 And nouȝ so lodly thouȝ list grenne, fro the comeþ a wikke wef.
13.. Body & Soul (Vernon MS.) in Map's Poems (Camden) 342 A wikked weef.
13.. Metr. Hom. (Vernon MS.) in Archiv f. das Studium der Neueren Sprachen 57 288 Wondur him þouȝt Þat of þat bodi [= corpse] wef hedde he nouȝt.
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 520/1 (MS. K.) Weffe, vapor.
2. Flavour, taste; ill-savour: = waft n.1 1a. Cf. whiff n.1 3b.
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the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > [noun]
smacka1000
savour?c1225
relesec1330
tastea1382
sentimentc1400
smatchc1400
taragec1407
tangc1440
weffec1440
tallage14..
sapor1477
verdurea1513
verdour1526
relish1530
verder1532
gustc1540
waft1542
smacker1549
talent1550
tack1602
tache1607
tincture1610
twang1611
foretaster1632
flavour1693
gusto1713
goût1751
saporosity1794
gustativeness1827
savouring1840
sipidity1880
palate1973
the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > unsavouriness > [noun]
weffec1440
horror1477
unsavouriness1557
nastiness1868
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 520/1 Weef [Winch. MS. Weefe], or summe what semynge to badnesse, inclinacio ad malum.
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 287/2 Weffe tast, goust.
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 475/1 I can nat awaye with this ale, it hath a weffe:..elle est de mauluays goust.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
† weffen.2
Obsolete. rare.
A blow or cut. (Cf. waff n. 3.)
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the world > movement > impact > striking > striking with specific thing > [noun] > blow struck with an object or instrument > with a sharp instrument
chop1362
weffea1400
slash1576
slashing1596
cuta1616
slap1688
streak1725
a1400 Coer de L. 5291 He took to hys mace off bras,..And gaff hym a sory weffe, That hys helme al to-cleff.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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