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.
- c. 1380, William Langland, Piers Plowman
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