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)
- an examination, investigation, inquiry, search
Related terms
- sċrūtnian
References
- John R. Clark Hall (1916), “scrûtnung”, in A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, New York: Macmillan
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898), “Scrutnung”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.