putere

putere [CL] , to rot or decompose, esp. so as to stink. nec putet in tumulo virginis alma caro Bede HE IV 18 p. 248; miser ille ‥ ~ebat ex egestionis proprie corruptela R. Cold. Cuthb. 93; cum ‥ putuerim, tum primo sal accipiet [epistola mea] Map NC IV 5 f. 47.