rotinn

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse rotinn.

Pronunciation

Adjective

rotinn (comparative rotnari, superlative rotnastur)

  1. rotten, putrid

Declension

Related terms

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