caroigne

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Middle English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman caroigne.

Noun[edit]

caroigne (plural ?)

Dead body; carrion.
- c. 1380, William Langland, Piers Plowman
  The kirke shal haue my caroigne and kepe my bones.

Descendants[edit]

English: carrion

Old French[edit]

Noun[edit]

caroigne oblique singular, f (oblique plural caroignes, nominative singular caroigne, nominative plural caroignes)

Alternative form of charogne

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