caroigne
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