Rotna

Old Norwegian Dictionary - rotna

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "rotna" in Norwegian.

As defined by the Johan Fritzer's Old Norwegian dictionary:

rotna
rotna, v. (að) fordærves, fortæres, opløses, tilintetgjøres; lík skal eigi inni standayfir fimt nauðsynjalaust; en ef stendrlengr, þá skal bœta fyrir þat aurum3 biskupi ok fœra lík til kirkju, en efhann vill þat eigi ok lætr inni rotna(jvf fúna) mann dauðan, þá - GuL.236 jvf NL. IV, 1721.

Part of speech: v

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚱᚮᛏᚿᛆ
Medieval Runes were used in Norway from 11th to 15th centuries.
Futhork was a continuation of earlier Younger Futhark runes, which were used to write Old Norse.

Abbreviations used:

L.
Linje.
v.
Verbum.

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