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á-wrítan

to write out or downwrite wordsto transcribecopy in writingto state in writingto write a book, letter,to write of or about somethingto write toto write an account ofdescribeto inscribe the name of a personto write on materialcover with writingto make a symbol other than a letter

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Add: to write out or down, write words Áurítteð (scribebat) ł áurát on eorðe, Jn. L. 8, 6. Heora ǽlces naman áwrít (superscribes) on his girde, Num. 17, 2. Áwrítt, eádgo deádo scribe, beati mortui, Rtl. 48, 5.

Linked entry: wrítan

ymb-wrítan

(v.)
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to cut round, circumscribe Hine eác ymbwrít mid sweorde on .iiii. healfa, Lchdm. ii. 346, 26

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be-wrítan

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To score round Bewrít þú hý (the mandragora) wel hraþe mid íserne, þý lǽs heó þé ætfleó . . . þú hý bewrít mid íserne, and swá þú scealt onbútan hý delfan swá ðú hyre mid þám íserne ná æthríne make a score in the ground round it at once with iron, lest

ge-wriþen

(adj.)
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ge-wriþen, adj. (ptcpl.)
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Bound, obliged, under obligation to do Swá micele beón eádmódra gehwylc scyl of gyfe swá micele hyne gewriþenra ( obligatiorem ) beón besceáwað on ágyldendum gesceáde, Scint. 155, 7. Gewriþenre, 21, 2

ofer-wrigen

Similar entry: un-oferwrigen

á-wrítan

Similar entry: un-áwriten

a-wrigen

(v.; part.)
Grammar
a-wrigen, pp. of a-wríhan.

revealed

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revealed,Lk. Bos. 2, 35 ;

be-wrigen

(v.; part.)
Grammar
be-wrigen, -wrigon

covered, concealed

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covered, concealed, Bt. Met. Fox 4, 93; Met, 4, 47; Similar entries pp. and p. pl. of be-wríhan

under-wrítan

(v.)

to subscribesign

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to subscribe, sign Wé ealle mid Cristes ródetácn fæstnedon and underwritan nos omnes subscripsimus, Bd. 4, 17; S. 586, 16

wriþen-hilt

(adj.)
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wriþen-hilt, adj.

Having a kilt bound round

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Having a kilt bound round ['In some specimens of swords the handles are wound round with gold wire,' Worsaae's Primeval Antiquities, p. 29] Ðæt sweord, írena cyst, wreoþenhilt and wyrmtáh, Beo. Th. 3400 ; B. 1698

Linked entry: wreoþen-hilt

tó-wrítan

(v.)
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to describe Ptolomeus tówrát ealles þises middangeardes gemet on ánre béc, Bt. 18, 1; S. 41, 27. Hí synd tówrite[ne] describuntur, An. Ox. 1065

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be-wrítan

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Gá tó ðǽre wyrte and bewrít hý ábútan mid ánum gyldenan hringe, Lch. i. 112, 22. Add

un-wriðen

(adj.)
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un-wriðen, adj.

Not bound

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Not bound Ðæt hé mid ungemetlícre grimsunge his hiéremonna wunda tó suíðe ne slíte, ne eft for ungemetlícre mildheortnesse hé hié ne lǽte unwriðena ut neque multa asperitate exulcerentur subditi, neque nimia benignitate solvantur, Past. 17; Swt. 125,

Linked entry: un-wríþan

á-writ

(n.)
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á-writ, es; n.

A writing

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A writing Ðerh alle áwriotto per omnes scripturas, Rtl. 113, 23

ge-wrítere

(n.)
Grammar
ge-wrítere, es; m.

A writer

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A writer Gewríteres scribæ, Ps. Spl. T. 44, 2

ǽ-wrítere

(n.)
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ǽ-wrítere, es; m.

A writercomposer or framer of lawslegurn conditor

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A writer, composer or framer of laws; legurn conditor, Prov. 8

not-wrítere

(n.)
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not-wrítere, es; m.

One who writes notes

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One who writes notes Notwrítera notariorum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 59, 66

eald-writere

(n.)
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eald-writere, es; m.

An antiquarian, one that writes of old or ancient mattersantīquārius

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An antiquarian, one that writes of old or ancient matters; antīquārius. Som. Ben. Lye

Linked entry: wrítere

riht-wrítere

(n.)
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riht-wrítere, es; m.

One who writes correctly

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One who writes correctly Rihtwrítera orthographorum, rectorum scriptorum, Hpt. Gl. 410, 72. Rihtwríterum ortagraphorum, Wrt, Voc. ii. 64, 22 : 75, 41

un-wrítere

(n.)
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un-wrítere, es; m.

A bad, incorrect writer

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A bad, incorrect writer Mycel yfel déð se unwrítere, gyf hé nele his wóh gerihtan, Ælfc. Gr. pref.; Zup. 3, 24