rotian

Old English

Etymology

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

Verb

rotian

to rot, get corrupt, ulcerate, putrify

Conjugation

Conjugation of rotian (weak class 2)

indicative mood	present tense	past tense
infinitive	rotian	rotienne
first person singular	rotiġe	rotode
second person singular	rotast	rotodest
third person singular	rotaþ	rotode
plural	rotiaþ	rotodon
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	rotiġe	rotode
plural	rotiġen	rotoden
imperative
singular	rota
plural	rotiaþ
participle	present	past
	rotiende	(ġe)rotod

Derived terms

forrotian
ġerotian
rotung

Descendants

Middle English: roten, roote, rooton, rootye, rot, rote, roti, rotie, rotte, rotten, roty, rotye, rotyn; rotenn, rotien, rotiȝen
- English: rot
- Scots: rot
- Yola: rothed, rothyed (adj)

References

Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898), “rotian”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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