"scrivan" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: scrivans [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} scrivan (plural scrivans)
  1. (obsolete) A clerk or writer. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-scrivan-en-noun-GLUbCdwB Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Verb [Old Dutch]

Forms: scrīvan [canonical]
Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic *skrīban. Etymology templates: {{dercat|odt|gem-pro|la|inh=1}}, {{inh|odt|gmw-pro|*skrīban}} Proto-West Germanic *skrīban Head templates: {{head|odt|verb|cat2=|head=scrīvan|sort=}} scrīvan, {{odt-verb|head=scrīvan}} scrīvan
  1. to write
    Sense id: en-scrivan-odt-verb-GyIdbR6y Categories (other): Old Dutch entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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