Old English · verb
awritan
Normalised āwrītan
- Part of speech
- verb
- Verb class
- strong class I
- Modern English
- recordtranscribecomposewriteinscribeengrave
Meaning
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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" -
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" -
to transcribe
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to inscribe, cover in writing, draw, engrave
Conjugation
All forms (13)
Etymology
ā- + wrītan, from Proto-Germanic *wrītaną.
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