rotinn

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse rotinn.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈrɔːtɪnː/

Adjective

rotinn (comparative rotnari, superlative rotnastur)

  1. rotten, putrid

Declension

Old Norse

Etymology

Past participle of an unrecorded verb related to rotna, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *rutāną.

Adjective

rotinn

  1. rotten, decayed

Declension

Descendants

  • Icelandic: rotinn
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: roten, ròten
  • Norwegian Bokmål: råtten
  • Old Swedish: rotin, rutin
  • Middle English: roten

References

  • rotinn”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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