rotian

Old English

Etymology

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

Verb

rotian

1. to rot, get corrupt, ulcerate, putrify

Conjugation

Conjugation of rotian (weak class 2)

infinitive	rotian	rotienne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
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 (Early Middle English)
  • English: rot
  • Scots: rot
  • Yola: rothed, rothyed, rotheda (before consonant) (adj)

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “rotian”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.