rotinn

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse rotinn.

Pronunciation

Adjective

rotinn (comparative rotnari, superlative rotnastur)

  1. rotten, putrid

Declension

positive forms of rotinn
strong declension
(indefinite) 		singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative rotinn rotin rotið
accusative rotinn rotna
dative rotnum rotinni rotnu
genitive rotins rotinnar rotins
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative rotnir rotnar rotin
accusative rotna
dative rotnum
genitive rotinna
weak declension
(definite) 		singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative rotni rotna rotna
acc/dat/gen rotna rotnu
plural (all-case) rotnu
comparative forms of rotinn
weak declension
(definite) 		masculine feminine neuter
singular (all-case) rotnari rotnari rotnara
plural (all-case) rotnari
superlative forms of rotinn
strong declension
(indefinite) 		singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative rotnastur rotnust rotnast
accusative rotnastan rotnasta
dative rotnustum rotnastri rotnustu
genitive rotnasts rotnastrar rotnasts
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative rotnastir rotnastar rotnust
accusative rotnasta
dative rotnustum
genitive rotnastra
weak declension
(definite) 		singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative rotnasti rotnasta rotnasta
acc/dat/gen rotnasta rotnustu
plural (all-case) rotnustu

Old Norse

Etymology

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

Adjective

rotinn

  1. rotten, decayed

Declension

    Strong declension of rotinn
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative rotinn rotin rotit
accusative rotnan rotna rotit
dative rotnum rotinni rotnu
genitive rotins rotinnar rotins
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative rotnir rotnar rotin
accusative rotna rotnar rotin
dative rotnum rotnum rotnum
genitive rotinna rotinna rotinna
    Weak declension of rotinn
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative rotni rotna rotna
accusative rotna rotnu rotna
dative rotna rotnu rotna
genitive rotna rotnu rotna
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative rotnu rotnu rotnu
accusative rotnu rotnu rotnu
dative rotnum rotnum rotnum
genitive rotnu rotnu rotnu
    Declension of comparative of rotinn
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative rotnari rotnari rotnara
accusative rotnara rotnari rotnara
dative rotnara rotnari rotnara
genitive rotnara rotnari rotnara
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative rotnari rotnari rotnari
accusative rotnari rotnari rotnari
dative rotnurum rotnurum rotnurum
genitive rotnari rotnari rotnari
    Strong declension of superlative of rotinn
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative rotnastr rotnust rotnast
accusative rotnastan rotnasta rotnast
dative rotnustum rotnastri rotnustu
genitive rotnasts rotnastrar rotnasts
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative rotnastir rotnastar rotnust
accusative rotnasta rotnastar rotnust
dative rotnustum rotnustum rotnustum
genitive rotnastra rotnastra rotnastra
    Weak declension of superlative of rotinn
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative rotnasti rotnasta rotnasta
accusative rotnasta rotnustu rotnasta
dative rotnasta rotnustu rotnasta
genitive rotnasta rotnustu rotnasta
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative rotnustu rotnustu rotnustu
accusative rotnustu rotnustu rotnustu
dative rotnustum rotnustum rotnustum
genitive rotnustu rotnustu rotnustu

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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