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wrítan

  • verb [ strong ]
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Grammar
wrítan, p. wrát, pl. writon; pp. writen
Wright's OE grammar
§126; §263; §278; §490;
To write.
to cut a figure on something
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  • Wrít ðysne circul mid ðínes cnífes orde on ánum stáne,

      Lchdm. i. 395, 3.
where the figures are letters
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  • Genim hæslenne sticcan, wrít ðínne naman on, . . . gefylle mid ðý blóde ðone naman.

      Lchdm. ii. 104, 7

  • Rǽd sceal mon secgan, rúne wrítan,

    • Exon. Th. 342, 7
      • ;
    • Gn. Ex. 139.

  • Hróðgár hylt sceáwode, on ðæm wæs ór writen (orI ?) fyrngewinnes,

    • Beo. Th. 3381
      • ;
    • B. 1688.
¶ of the writing on the tables of stone
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  • On ðe wrát wuldres God gerýno,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 3018
      • ;
    • An. 1512.
to draw a figure,
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v. writere, 1
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  • Nim sume tigelan, and wrít on hiere ða burg Hierusalem

    sume tibi laterem, et describes in eo civitatem Jerusalem,

    • Past. 21
      • ;
    • Swt. 161, 3, 10.

  • Wrít ðam horse on ðam heáfde foran Cristes mǽl, and on leoþa gehwylcum ðe ðú ætfeolan mæge.

      Lchdm. ii. 290, 23.

  • Wrít him Cristes mǽl on ǽlcum lime,

      346, 6.

  • Wrít.

      iii.
    crucem mid oleum infirmorum, .... nim ðæt gewrit, wrít crucem mid ofer ðam drence,

      350, 9-11.
to form letters, to write
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  • Mycel yfel déð se ðe leás wrít,

      Homl.Th. ii.2, 23.

  • Hé wrát mid his fingre on ðære eorþan.

      Jn. Skt. 8, 6, 8.

  • Engel wrát in wáge baswe bócstafas,

    • Cd. Th. 261, 8
      • ;
    • Dan. 723.

  • Geseah hé engles hand in sele wrítan Sennara wíte. Ðæt gyddedon hæleð, hwæt seó hand write,

    • Cd. Th. 261, 15-21
      • ;
    • Dan. 727-9.

  • Wearð gesewen swilce ánes mannes hand wrítende on ðære healle wage,

      Homl. Th. ii. 434, 33.
to write a book, narrative, etc. , to compose, be the author of
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  • Ne wéne ǽnig ðæt ic lygewordum leóð somnige, wríte wóþcræfte,

    • Exon. Th. 234, 30
      • ;
    • Ph. 548.

  • Wríteþ

    digerit,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 27, 50.

  • Wrítat

    caraxabimus (mentionem),

      85, 33.

  • Wrítaþ,

    • 18, 61
      • :
    • Hpt. 507, 76.

  • Ðæt cyriclíce stǽr úres eálondes and ðeóde ic wrát on fíf béc,

    • Bd. 5, 24
      • ;
    • S. 648, 31.

  • Se ðe ðás bóc wrát,

      Lchdm. ii. 114, 5.

  • Se ongan godspell ǽrest wordum wrítan,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 25
      • ;
    • An. 13.

  • Sum mæg searolíce wordcwide wrítan,

    • Exon. Th. 42, 15
      • ;
    • Cri. 673.
Grammar
wrítan, with preps,
to write about a subject
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  • Ða wríteras and ða ðe hí ymbe writon,

    • Bt. 18, 3
      • ;
    • Fox 66, I.

  • Be ðám þingum writende ðe ic gehýrde,

      Homl. Skt. ii. 23 b, 16.
to write to a person, write with the intention of sending what is written
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  • Mé geþúhte wrítan ðé, ðú se sélusta

      Theophilus, Lk. Skt. 1, 3.
to write, state in a book
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  • Wríteþ Eutropius ðæt Constantinus wǽre on Breotene ácenned,

    • Bd. l, 8
      • ;
    • S. 479, 31.

  • Ptolomeas wrát ealles ðises middangeardes gemet on ánre béc,

    • Bt. 18, l
      • ;
    • Fox 62, 6.
where many persons assent to a written statement,to write, get a thing written
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  • Hí on heora sinoþe ðus writon be him.

    • Bd. 5, 19
      • ;
    • S. 639, 39.

  • Hér sindan da naman ðere monna ðe ðis (the charter) wreotan and festnedan,

      Cod. Dip. Kmbl. ii. 47, 10.
to convey by charter
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  • Wé him wrítaþ ða mǽdue æt Pirigforda.

      Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 32, 23.

  • Wé him wrítaþ ðone hagan his daeg, and twám óðrum æfter him . . . Eác wé wrítaþ him ða circan and ðone circstall and ðone worðig,

      52, 5-37.

  • Wé wrítaþ him ðone croft,

      258, 27.
Etymology
[
O. Sax. wrítan to cut, wound; to write
:
O. H. Ger. rizan scindere, scribere
:
Icel. rita to cut, scratch; to write.
Cf. Goth. writs κεραία
]
Similar entries
v. á-, be-, for-, ge-, mis-, under-, ymb-wrítan ; un-writen, wrítere, wrítian.
Linked entries
v.  wrítere wrítian.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “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/36660.

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