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rotian

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
rotian, p. ode
To rot, get corrupt, ulcerate, putrify
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  • Ðonne se lǽce on untíman lácnaþ wunde, hió wyrmseþ and rotaþ

    secta immature vulnera deterius infervescunt,

      Past. 21, 2; Swt. 153, 3.
  • Hit ne rotode

    non computruit,

      Ex. 16, 24.
  • Míne wunda rotedan and fúledon

    computruerunt et deterioraverunt cicatrices meae,

      Ps. Th. 37, 5.
  • Gif sió wund swíðe rotige óþ ðæt hé ðæt wursm of múþe hrǽce,

      Lchdm. ii. 202, 25.
  • Ǽr se seoloc (

    silk thread

    ) rotige,
      56, 8.
  • Mid ðam (

    myrrh

    ) man smyraþ rícra manna líc ðæt hig rotian ne mágon, Anglia viii.
      299, 48.
Etymology
[Cf. Icel. rotinn rotten : rotna to putrefy, rot.]
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v. for-rotian, rotung.
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