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a-wrítan

  • verb [ strong ]
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a-wrítan, p. -wrát, pl. -writon ; pp. -writen ; v. a. [a, wrítan to engrave, write] .
to write out or down, to transcribe, describe, compose; transcribere, describere, conscribere, contexere
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  • Ðæs hálgan fæder and biscopes Sancti Cuþberhtes líf ǽrest eroico metro and æfter fæce gerǽde worde ic awrát

    I wrote out the life of the holy father and bishop, St. Cuthbert, first in heroic metre, and after a space in prose,

    • Bd. 5, 23 ; S. 648, 27
      • .

  • Eall þurh endebyrdnesse ic awrát

    cuncta per ordinem transcribere curavi,

    • 5, 23; S. 648, 11
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  • Nú hæbbe we awriten ðære súþ

    now have we described the south,

    • Ors. 1, 1; Bos. 17, 42
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  • Leviticus ys genemned Ministerialis on Lýden, ðæt ys þénungbóc, for ðam ðara sacerda þénunga sind ðár awritene

    Leviticus is called in Latin Ministerialis, that is servicebook, because the services of the priests are described therein,

    • Lev. pref.

  • Ðám ðæt hálige gewrit awriten is

    quibus scriptura sancta contexta est,

    • Bd. 5, 23; S. 648, 43
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  • Wéndest ðú ðæt awriten nǽre

    thoughtest thou that it was not written,

    • Cd. 228; Th. 307, 8
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    • Sat. 676
      • :
    • Ps. Th. 138, 14
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  • Sum biþ list-hendig to awrítanne word-gerýnu

    one is cunning to write down word-mysteries,

    • Exon. 79 b; Th. 299, 2
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    • Crä. 96
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  • Ðara abbuda stǽr and spell ðysses mynstres on twám bócum ic awrát

    I wrote a history and narrative of the abbots of this monastery in two books,

    • Bd. 5, 23 ; S. 648, 30: 5, 23
      • ;
    • S. 649, 11
      • .
to inscribe; inscribere, inscriptione ornare
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  • Wæs se beám bócstafum awriten

    the beam was inscribed with letters,

    • Elen. Kmbl. 182
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    • El. 91
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to carve, delineate, draw; sculpere, delineare
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  • Sindon awritene [MS. awriten] on wealle wuldres þegnas

    upon the wall are carved the thanes of glory,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 1451
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    • An. 726
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  • Hí bǽron anlícnysse Hǽlendes on brede afægde and awritene

    they bore the Saviour's likeness figured and drawn on a board;

    ferebant imaginem Domini Salvatoris in tabula depictam,

    • Bd. 1, 25; S. 487, 4
      • .
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Bosworth, Joseph. “a-wrítan.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/2752.

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