rotung

Old English

Etymology

From rotian +‎ -ung.

Noun

rotung f

corruption, decay, putrefaction
sore, ulcer

Declension

Declension of rotung (strong ō-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	rotung	rotunga, rotunge
accusative	rotunge	rotunga, rotunge
genitive	rotunge	rotunga
dative	rotunge	rotungum

Descendants

Middle English: rotynge
- English: rotting
- Scots: rotting

References

Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “rotung”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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