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