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ge-wrítan

  • verb [ strong ]
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ge-wrítan, p. -wrát; pp. -writen
To write, to give or bestow by writing, to write along with others; conscribere
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  • He létt gewrítan hú mycel landes his arceb's hæfdon

    he had written how much land his archbishops had,

    • Chr. 1085
      • ;
    • Erl. 218, 29
      • :
    • Th. Chart. 296, 10
      • .

  • Werfriþ bisceop and seó heórédden æt Weogerna ceastre syllaþ and gewrítaþ æþelrǽde and æþelflæde heora hláfordum

    bishop Werfrith and the society at Worcester give and convey by writing to their lords Ethelred and Ethelfled,

    • Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. ii. 150, 4
      • .

  • Æþréd aldorman and æþelflæd mercna hláfordes mid us hit gewriotan

    Ethelred alderman and Ethelfled, lords ofthe Mercians, joined with us in writing this,

    • 151, 2
      • :
    • Chr. 656
      • ;
    • Erl. 32, 20
      • .

  • Seo kyning gewrát

    the king signed,

    • 23
    .

  • Ðes writ wæs gewriton

    this writing was written,

    • 33, 9
      • .

  • Hwæt is gewriten

    quid scribtum est,

    • Lk. Bos. 10, 26
      • :
    • Ps. Spl. 39, 11
      • .

  • Gewriten yrfe

    legatum,

    • Ælfc. Gl. 13
      • ;
    • 57, 96
      • ;
    • Wrt. Voc. 20, 37
      • .

  • Gewriten yrfeweard

    legatarius

    ,
    • Lye
      • .
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-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/16906.

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