scrutnung

Old English

Alternative forms

  • scrūdnung

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): /ˈʃruːtnuŋɡ/

Noun

sċrūtnung f (nominative plural sċrūtnunga)

  1. an examination, investigation, inquiry, search

References

  • 1916, John R. Clark, "A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary for the Use of Students", scrûtnung
  • Bosworth, J. (2010, March 21). An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online (T. N. Toller & Others, Eds.). Scrutnung. Retrieved September 18, 2011, from http://bosworth.ff.cuni.cz/027060
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