eldertongue

Old English · verb

writan

Normalised wrītan

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
strong class I
IPA
/ˈwriː.tɑn/
Syllables
ˈwriː · tɑn (2 syllables)
Modern English
write

Meaning

  1. to write

    Wið dweorh man sċeal niman VII lȳtle oflǣtan, swylċe man mid ofrað, and wrītan þās naman on ǣlcre oflǣtan: Maximianus, …

    Against a dwarf, one should take seven little wafers, like those one makes offerings with, and write these names on each wafer: Maximianus, …

    11th century, Against a dwarf:

Conjugation

Conjugation of writan
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular wrītewrāt
2nd singular wrītstwrite
3rd singular wrīttwrītwrāt
Plural wrītaþwriton
Subjunctive
Singular wrītewrite
Plural wrītenwriten
Non-finite forms of writan
Form
Infinitive wrītan
Inflected infinitive wrītenne
Imperative singular wrīt
Imperative plural wrītaþ
Present participle wrītende
Past participle writenġewriten

All forms (14)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *wrītan, from Proto-Germanic *wrītaną.

Descendants

write

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