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Old English · verb

rotian

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
weak class 2
Modern English
rotputrifyulceratecorrupt

Meaning

  1. to rot, get corrupt, ulcerate, putrify

Conjugation

Conjugation of rotian
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular rotiġerotode
2nd singular rotastrotodest
3rd singular rotaþrotode
Plural rotiaþrotodon
Subjunctive
Singular rotiġerotode
Plural rotiġenrotoden
Non-finite forms of rotian
Form
Infinitive rotian
Inflected infinitive rotienne
Imperative singular rota
Imperative plural rotiaþ
Present participle rotiende
Past participle rotodġerotod

All forms (15)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *rotēn, from Proto-Germanic *rutāną, from Proto-Indo-European *Hrewd-.

Descendants

rot

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