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Old English · verb

awritan

Normalised āwrītan

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
strong class I
Modern English
recordtranscribecomposewriteinscribeengrave

Meaning

  1. to write, write out, write down, compose

    ...cūðlīċe ætēowode maneġum mannum, swā swā Matheus āwrāt.

    ...and publicly appeared to many men, as Matthew has written.

    c. 992, Ælfric, "Palm Sunday. On The Lord's Passion"
  2. to record

    Þās ðrōwunge āwriton þǣre ðēode prēostas and ðā ylcan diaconas ðe hit eal ġesāwon, ðȳ lǣs þe hwām twȳnige þyssere ġereċċednysse.

    The priests of that nation, and the same deacons who saw it all, recorded this passion, lest any one should doubt concerning this narrative.

    c. 992, Ælfric, "The Nativity of St. Andrew the Apostle"
  3. to transcribe

  4. to inscribe, cover in writing, draw, engrave

Conjugation

Conjugation of awritan
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular āwrīteāwrāt
2nd singular āwrītstāwrite
3rd singular āwrīttāwrītāwrāt
Plural āwrītaþāwriton
Subjunctive
Singular āwrīteāwrite
Plural āwrītenāwriten
Non-finite forms of awritan
Form
Infinitive āwrītan
Inflected infinitive āwrītenne
Imperative singular āwrīt
Imperative plural āwrītaþ
Present participle āwrītende
Past participle āwriten

All forms (13)

Etymology

ā- + wrītan, from Proto-Germanic *wrītaną.

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