v. Obs. [OE. forrotian, f. FOR- pref.1 + rotian to ROT; = MLG. vorroten (Ger. verrotten).] intr. To rot away, putrefy.
a. 900. Kentish Gloss., in Wr.-Wülcker, 64. Et … putrescet, and forrotað.
c. 1175. Lamb. Hom., 111. Þine welan forrotiað biforan þine ehȝan.
a. 1225. Ancr. R., 138. Wiðuten salt fleshs gedereð wurmes, & stinkeð swuðe fule, & forroteð sone.
a. 1300. Seven Sins, iv. in E. E. P. (1862), 17.
| Þou salt i-worþe | |
| and for-roti to axin and erþe. |
fig. 1340. Ayenb., 205. Chastete … þet uorrotede ine þe wetere of uoule lostes.
Hence Forrotted ppl. a., putrefied, rotten.
c. 897. K. Ælfred, Gregory’s Past., xvii. (1871), 124. Ðæt sio reðnes ðæs wines ða forrotedan wunde suge & clænsiȝe.
1340. Ayenb., 148. Þe leme uorroted ssolde ssende þe hole.
