"writan" meaning in Old English

See writan in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈwriː.tɑn/
Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic *wrītan, from Proto-Germanic *wrītaną. Etymology templates: {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*wrītan}} Proto-West Germanic *wrītan, {{inh|ang|gem-pro|*wrītaną}} Proto-Germanic *wrītaną Head templates: {{ang-verb|wrītan}} wrītan Inflection templates: {{ang-conj|wrītan<s1>}} Forms: wrītan [canonical], strong [table-tags], wrītan [infinitive], wrītenne [infinitive], wrīte [first-person, present, singular], wrāt [first-person, past, singular], wrītst [present, second-person, singular], write [past, second-person, singular], wrītt [present, singular, third-person], wrīt [present, singular, third-person], wrāt [past, singular, third-person], wrītaþ [plural, present], writon [past, plural], wrīte [present, singular], write [past, singular], wrīten [plural, present], writen [past, plural], wrīt [imperative, past, present, singular], wrītaþ [imperative, past, plural, present], wrītende [imperative, present], writen [imperative, past], ġewriten [imperative, past]
  1. to write Related terms: ināwrītan, inwritting, ōāwrītan, ofāwrītan, onāwrītan, onwrīting, unāwriten, writian
    Sense id: en-writan-ang-verb-GyIdbR6y Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Derived forms: āwrītan, bewrītan, efenwrītan, forewrītan, forwrītan, ġewrītan, miswrītan, tōwrītan, þurhwrītan, underwrītan, wrīting, ymbwrītan

Inflected forms

{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "writen"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle English: writen",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: writen; (ritten)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sco",
            "2": "writ",
            "3": "wryte",
            "4": "wret"
          },
          "expansion": "Scots: writ, wryte, wret",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Scots: writ, wryte, wret; (rit)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "write"
          },
          "expansion": "English: write",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: write"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*wrītan"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *wrītan",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*wrītaną"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *wrītaną",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *wrītan, from Proto-Germanic *wrītaną.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "wrītan",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "1",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wrītan",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wrītenne",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wrīte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wrāt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wrītst",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "write",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wrītt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wrīt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wrāt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wrītaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "writon",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wrīte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "write",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wrīten",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "writen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wrīt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wrītaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wrītende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "writen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġewriten",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "wrītan"
      },
      "expansion": "wrītan",
      "name": "ang-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "wrītan<s1>"
      },
      "name": "ang-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "āwrītan"
        },
        {
          "word": "bewrītan"
        },
        {
          "word": "efenwrītan"
        },
        {
          "word": "forewrītan"
        },
        {
          "word": "forwrītan"
        },
        {
          "word": "ġewrītan"
        },
        {
          "word": "miswrītan"
        },
        {
          "word": "tōwrītan"
        },
        {
          "word": "þurhwrītan"
        },
        {
          "word": "underwrītan"
        },
        {
          "word": "wrīting"
        },
        {
          "word": "ymbwrītan"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to write"
      ],
      "id": "en-writan-ang-verb-GyIdbR6y",
      "links": [
        [
          "write",
          "write"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "ināwrītan"
        },
        {
          "word": "inwritting"
        },
        {
          "word": "ōāwrītan"
        },
        {
          "word": "ofāwrītan"
        },
        {
          "word": "onāwrītan"
        },
        {
          "word": "onwrīting"
        },
        {
          "word": "unāwriten"
        },
        {
          "word": "writian"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈwriː.tɑn/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "writan"
}

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "āwrītan"
    },
    {
      "word": "bewrītan"
    },
    {
      "word": "efenwrītan"
    },
    {
      "word": "forewrītan"
    },
    {
      "word": "forwrītan"
    },
    {
      "word": "ġewrītan"
    },
    {
      "word": "miswrītan"
    },
    {
      "word": "tōwrītan"
    },
    {
      "word": "þurhwrītan"
    },
    {
      "word": "underwrītan"
    },
    {
      "word": "wrīting"
    },
    {
      "word": "ymbwrītan"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "writen"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle English: writen",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: writen; (ritten)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sco",
            "2": "writ",
            "3": "wryte",
            "4": "wret"
          },
          "expansion": "Scots: writ, wryte, wret",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Scots: writ, wryte, wret; (rit)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "write"
          },
          "expansion": "English: write",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: write"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*wrītan"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *wrītan",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*wrītaną"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *wrītaną",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *wrītan, from Proto-Germanic *wrītaną.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "wrītan",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "1",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wrītan",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wrītenne",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wrīte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wrāt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wrītst",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "write",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wrītt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wrīt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wrāt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wrītaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "writon",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wrīte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "write",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wrīten",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "writen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wrīt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wrītaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wrītende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "writen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġewriten",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "wrītan"
      },
      "expansion": "wrītan",
      "name": "ang-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "wrītan<s1>"
      },
      "name": "ang-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "ināwrītan"
    },
    {
      "word": "inwritting"
    },
    {
      "word": "ōāwrītan"
    },
    {
      "word": "ofāwrītan"
    },
    {
      "word": "onāwrītan"
    },
    {
      "word": "onwrīting"
    },
    {
      "word": "unāwriten"
    },
    {
      "word": "writian"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old English class 1 strong verbs",
        "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
        "Old English lemmas",
        "Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
        "Old English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
        "Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
        "Old English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
        "Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Old English verbs",
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to write"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "write",
          "write"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈwriː.tɑn/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "writan"
}

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