stæf-wrítere
A writer about letters or grammar
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A writer about letters or grammar Stæfwríterum grammaticorum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 41, 33 : 75, 40. The word glosses historiographus, 42, 45, but perhaps stær- should be read for stæf-: and 18, 67 stæfwríterum glosses caracteribus, which seems an error
stǽr-wrítere
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A writer of history, a historian Swá swá sóþsagol stǽrwrítete ( verax historicus ) ða þing ðe be him oþþe ðurh hine gewordene wǽron ic áwrát, Bd. 3, 17; S. 545, 5. Stæfwrítere (stǽr-?) historiographus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 42, 45.
writ-bred
A writing-tablet
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A writing-tablet Writbred (printed -brec ; but see gyrdel-bred, i. 288, 75, and weax-bred) pugillarem (Lk. 1, 63), Wrt. Voc. ii. 74, 36. Ðá álýfde se ðám cnihtum ðæt hí hyne ofslógen mid heora writbredum and hine ofsticodon mid hira writýrenum, Shrn.
wyrd-writere
One who writes an account of events ⬩ a historian ⬩ historiographer
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One who writes an account of events, a historian, historiographer Wurdwrítere historiographus, Hpt. Gl. 453. 1 : 468, 65. Andromachus se wyrdwrítere, Anglia viii. 307, 9.
writ-seax
A pen
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A pen Mið pinn ł writtseax calamo, Mt. Kmbl. p. 2, 17
in-wrítere
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Inwrlíere antigraphus, cancellarius (cancellarius in ecclesiis cathedralibus dignitas cujus officium erat . . . litteras capituli facere et consignare, Migne), scriptor (cf. búrþén cancellarius vel scriniarius, cyrcweard sacri scriniarius, wrítere antigrafus
writ-breód
A reed for writing
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A reed for writing Hreódwrit (writhreód ? Similar entries cf. writ-íren) calamus scribae, Ps. Spl. C. 44, 2
a-wríhan
To uncover ⬩ reveal ⬩ revelare
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To uncover, reveal; revelare Stefn Drihtnes awríhþ þiccetu vox Domini revelabit condensa, Ps. Spl. 28, 8. Awrigene synd grúndweallas [grundfeallas MS.] ymbhwyrftes eorþan revelata sunt fundamenta orbis terrarum, 17, 17 : Lk. Bos. 2, 35
ge-wríðan
To bind ⬩ restrain ⬩ tie ⬩ tie together ⬩ coartare ⬩ alligare
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To bind, restrain, tie, tie together; coartare, alligare Lim gewríðan to bind the limb, Homl. Th. ii. 136, 2. Ða myhta to gewrýðenne potestatem ligandi, Th. Chart. 334, 7. Engel gewríðende oððe geswencende hig oððe genyrwiende angelus coartans eos, Ps
tíd-wrítere
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A chronicler, annalist Tídwrítera cronographorum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 17, 68: 75, 39. Týdwrítera chronographorum, temporum scriptorum, Hpt. Gl. 410, 58
Linked entry: tíd-scriptor
wrixend-líc
Mutual
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Mutual, Greg. Dial. 2, 7
cranic-wrítere
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A chronographer, chronicler Cranicwrítera chronographorum, An. Ox. 7, 24
eald-wrítere
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Ealdwríterum antiquariis, i. scribis (scriptoribus, Hpt. Gl. 528, 73), An. Ox. 5449. Add
un-wrítere
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Add: Ælfc. Gen. Thw. 4, 29
wrixend-lic
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Substitute: <b>wrixiend-lic;</b> adj. Mutual In þám freóndlican geflite þǽre wrixiendlicari eádmódnesse in hac mutuae humilitatis amica contentione. Gr. D. 116, 7
un-wríþan
To untwist, unbind (lit. or fig.)
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To untwist, unbind (lit. or fig.) Unwríþan distringere, Scint. 232, 2
on-wríðan
to unwrap, to release from a covering
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to unwrap, to release from a covering Seó hét heáfod onwríðan she bade take the head (of Holofernes) from the bag in which it had been put, Judth. Thw. 24, 5; Jud. 173
on-wríting
An inscription ⬩ inscriptio
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An inscription; inscriptio Lk. Skt. Rush. 20, 24
Linked entry: wríting
tó-wríðan
To twist different ways ⬩ to distort
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To twist different ways, to distort Ic tówríðe distorqueo, Ælfc. Gr. 26, 3; Zup. 155, 15