awritan
Appearance
Old English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]ā- + wrītan, from Proto-Germanic *wrītaną.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]āwrītan
- to write, write out, write down, compose
- c. 992, Ælfric, "Palm Sunday. On The Lord's Passion"
- ...cūðlīċe ætēowode maneġum mannum, swā swā Matheus āwrāt.
- ...and publicly appeared to many men, as Matthew has written.
- late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History
- ⁊ iċ þē sende þæt spell, þæt iċ nīewan āwrāt be Angelþēode ⁊ Seaxum.
- And I send you the history, which I lately wrote about the Angles and Saxons.
- c. 992, Ælfric, "Palm Sunday. On The Lord's Passion"
- to record
- c. 992, Ælfric, "The Nativity of St. Andrew the Apostle"
- 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
- to inscribe, cover in writing, draw, engrave
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of āwrītan (strong class 1)
infinitive | āwrītan | āwrītenne |
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indicative mood | present tense | past tense |
first person singular | āwrīte | āwrāt |
second person singular | āwrītst | āwrite |
third person singular | āwrītt, āwrīt | āwrāt |
plural | āwrītaþ | āwriton |
subjunctive | present tense | past tense |
singular | āwrīte | āwrite |
plural | āwrīten | āwriten |
imperative | ||
singular | āwrīt | |
plural | āwrītaþ | |
participle | present | past |
āwrītende | āwriten |