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for-rotodnys

  • noun [ feminine ]
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for-rotodnys, -rotednys, -nyss, e; f.
Rottenness, corruption; putrēdo, pus
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  • Mín flǽsc is ymbscrýd mid forrotodnysse

    my flesh is covered with corruption,

    • Job Thw. 167, 36: Prov. 12: Homl. Th. ii. 282, 11.
  • Ðeós forrotednyss

    hoc pus,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 8
    • ;
    • Som. 7, 35.
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  • for-rotodnys, n.