scrutnung

Old English

Alternative forms

• sċrūdnung

Etymology

Likely from Old High German scrodon, scruton (“inquiry, investigation”) (+ -ung), from Proto-Germanic *skrūdą, said to have come from Proto-Indo-European *skrew-. Related to Old English sċrūtnian (“to examine, scrutinize, consider, investigate”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃruːt.nunɡ/, [ˈʃruːt.nuŋɡ]

Noun

sċrūtnung f (nominative plural sċrūtnunga)

1. an examination, investigation, inquiry, search

Related terms

• sċrūtnian

References

• John R. Clark Hall (1916) “scrûtnung”, in A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, New York: Macmillan
• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “Scrutnung”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[2], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.