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Old English · verb

wrotan

Normalised wrōtan

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
strong class VII
IPA
/ˈwroː.tɑn/
Syllables
ˈwroː · tɑn (2 syllables)
Modern English
rummagerootsnout

Meaning

  1. to rummage or root up with one's snout

    bearg bellende, • þe on bōcwuda, won wrōtende • wynnum lifde I am greater and fatter than the fattened up swine,

    lived rooting with joy.

    Māra iċ eom ond fǣttra • þonne āmæsted swīn

Conjugation

Conjugation of wrotan
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular wrōtewrēot
2nd singular wrētstwrēote
3rd singular wrēttwrētwrēot
Plural wrōtaþwrēoton
Subjunctive
Singular wrōtewrēote
Plural wrōtenwrēoten
Non-finite forms of wrotan
Form
Infinitive wrōtan
Inflected infinitive wrōtenne
Imperative singular wrōt
Imperative plural wrōtaþ
Present participle wrōtende
Past participle wrōtenġewrōten

All forms (15)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *wrōtan (literally “to snout”).

Descendants

root

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