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wrótan

  • verb [ strong ]
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Grammar
wrótan, p. wreót
Wright's OE grammar
§519;
To turn up with the snout, root up
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  • Wrótu

    subigo,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 121, 64.

  • Ic wróte

    subigo,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 28, 6
      • ;
    • Zup. 176, 12.

  • Hine útan of wuda eoferas wrótaþ

    exterminavit eam (vineam) apfir de sylva,

      Ps. Th. 79, 13.

  • Swín on bócwuda wrótende,

    • Exon. Th. 428, 12
      • ;
    • Rä. 41, 107.
Etymology
[
Swin þe uulicð and wroteð and sneuieð,
    O. E. Homl. ii. 37, 25.
Þat wilde swin þat wroteð ȝeond þan grouen,
    Laym. 469.
Schullen wormes wroten (verrunt) on the skin,
    Rel. Ant. ii. 216, 18.
As a sowe wroteth in everich ordure,
    Chauc. Pers. T.
A were . . . ȝowre walles with to wrote,
    Min. 19, 32.
Wrotyñ as swyne verror,
    Prompt. Parv. 534.
O. H. Ger. ruozan (us ed of the action of the plough)
:
Icel. róta to root up, as swine.
]
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Bosworth, Joseph. “wrótan.” 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/36700.

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