rotung

Old English

Etymology

From rotian +‎ -ung.

Noun

rotung f

1. corruption, decay, putrefaction
2. sore, ulcer

Declension

Strong ō-stem:

	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^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.