"wrītan" meaning in Proto-West Germanic

See wrītan in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Etymology: From Proto-Germanic *wrītaną. Etymology templates: {{inh|gmw-pro|gem-pro|*wrītaną}} Proto-Germanic *wrītaną Head templates: {{head|gmw-pro|verb}} *wrītan Inflection templates: {{gmw-infl-verb-st}} Forms: strong [table-tags], wrītan [infinitive], wrītannjas [genitive, infinitive], wrītannjē [dative, infinitive], wrītannju [infinitive, instrumental], wrītu [first-person, present, singular], wrait [first-person, past, singular], wrītiʀi [present, second-person, singular], writī [past, second-person, singular], wrītidi [present, singular, third-person], wrait [past, singular, third-person], wrītum [first-person, plural, present], writum [first-person, past, plural], wrītid [plural, present, second-person], writud [past, plural, second-person], wrītand [plural, present, third-person], writun [past, plural, third-person], wrītē [first-person, present, singular], writī [first-person, past, singular], wrītēs [present, second-person, singular], wrītē [present, singular, third-person], writī [past, singular, third-person], wrītēm [first-person, plural, present], writīm [first-person, past, plural], wrītēþ [plural, present, second-person], writīd [past, plural, second-person], wrītēn [plural, present, third-person], writīn [past, plural, third-person], wrīt [present, singular], wrītid [plural, present], wrītandī [participle, present], writan [participle, past]
  1. to scratch, to carve Tags: reconstruction
    Sense id: en-wrītan-gmw-pro-verb-oJNP7NLb Categories (other): Proto-West Germanic entries with incorrect language header

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          },
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      "text": "Old English: wrītan"
    },
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      "depth": 2,
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          "args": {
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            "2": "writen"
          },
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    },
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      "depth": 3,
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            "2": "write"
          },
          "expansion": "English: write",
          "name": "desc"
        }
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    },
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      "depth": 3,
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
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    },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Frisian: wrīta"
    },
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      "depth": 2,
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        }
      ],
      "text": "Saterland Frisian: riete"
    },
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      "depth": 2,
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          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
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      "text": "West Frisian: write"
    },
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        }
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    },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle Low German: wrîten"
    },
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      "depth": 3,
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          "args": {
            "1": "nds-de",
            "2": "rieten"
          },
          "expansion": "German Low German: rieten",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "German Low German: rieten"
    },
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      "depth": 3,
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        {
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            "1": "nds",
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          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "Westmünsterland"
          },
          "expansion": "(Westmünsterland)",
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        }
      ],
      "text": "Low German: rieten, reeten (Westmünsterland)"
    },
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            "1": "odt",
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          },
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        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Dutch: *wrītan\nMiddle Dutch: writen\nDutch: wrijten"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "goh",
            "2": "rīzan",
            "3": "ᚹᚱᚨᛁᛏ"
          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old High German: rīzan, ᚹᚱᚨᛁᛏ (wrait), ᚹᚱᚨᛖᛏ (wraet)"
    },
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      "depth": 2,
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          "args": {
            "1": "gmh",
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          },
          "expansion": "Middle High German: rīzen",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle High German: rīzen"
    },
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      "depth": 3,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "de",
            "2": "reißen"
          },
          "expansion": "German: reißen",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "German: reißen"
    },
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      "depth": 4,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "da",
            "2": "ridse",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Danish: ridse",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Danish: ridse"
    },
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      "depth": 3,
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          "args": {
            "1": "lb",
            "2": "räissen"
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          "expansion": "Luxembourgish: räissen",
          "name": "desc"
        }
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            "bor": "1"
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        }
      ],
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Germanic *wrītaną.",
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      "form": "strong",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "gmw-infl-verb-st",
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        "genitive",
        "infinitive"
      ]
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "infinitive"
      ]
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      "form": "wrītannju",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive",
        "instrumental"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "wrītu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wrait",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "writī",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wrītidi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wrait",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wrītum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "writum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wrītid",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "writud",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wrītand",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "writun",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wrītē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "writī",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wrītēs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wrītē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "writī",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wrītēm",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "writīm",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wrītēþ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "writīd",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wrītēn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "writīn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wrīt",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wrītid",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wrītandī",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "writan",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmw-pro",
        "2": "verb"
      },
      "expansion": "*wrītan",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "gmw-infl-verb-st"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Proto-West Germanic",
  "lang_code": "gmw-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/wrītan",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Proto-West Germanic entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to scratch, to carve"
      ],
      "id": "en-wrītan-gmw-pro-verb-oJNP7NLb",
      "links": [
        [
          "scratch",
          "scratch"
        ],
        [
          "carve",
          "carve"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "wrītan"
}
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            "2": "wrītan"
          },
          "expansion": "Old English: wrītan",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old English: wrītan"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "writen"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle English: writen",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: writen"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "write"
          },
          "expansion": "English: write",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: write"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sco",
            "2": "writ",
            "3": "wryte",
            "4": "wret"
          },
          "expansion": "Scots: writ, wryte, wret",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Scots: writ, wryte, wret"
    },
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          "args": {
            "1": "ofs",
            "2": "wrīta"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Frisian: wrīta",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Frisian: wrīta"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "stq",
            "2": "riete"
          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Saterland Frisian: riete"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fy",
            "2": "write"
          },
          "expansion": "West Frisian: write",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "West Frisian: write"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
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            "2": "wrītan"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Saxon: wrītan",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Saxon: wrītan"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
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          "args": {
            "1": "gml",
            "2": "wrîten"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle Low German: wrîten",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle Low German: wrîten"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nds-de",
            "2": "rieten"
          },
          "expansion": "German Low German: rieten",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "German Low German: rieten"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nds",
            "2": "rieten",
            "3": "reeten"
          },
          "expansion": "Low German: rieten, reeten",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "Westmünsterland"
          },
          "expansion": "(Westmünsterland)",
          "name": "q"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Low German: rieten, reeten (Westmünsterland)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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          "args": {
            "1": "odt",
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          },
          "expansion": "Old Dutch: *wrītan\nMiddle Dutch: writen\nDutch: wrijten",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Dutch: *wrītan\nMiddle Dutch: writen\nDutch: wrijten"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "goh",
            "2": "rīzan",
            "3": "ᚹᚱᚨᛁᛏ"
          },
          "expansion": "Old High German: rīzan, ᚹᚱᚨᛁᛏ (wrait)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old High German: rīzan, ᚹᚱᚨᛁᛏ (wrait), ᚹᚱᚨᛖᛏ (wraet)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
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          "args": {
            "1": "gmh",
            "2": "rīzen"
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle High German: rīzen"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "de",
            "2": "reißen"
          },
          "expansion": "German: reißen",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "German: reißen"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "da",
            "2": "ridse",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Danish: ridse",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Danish: ridse"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lb",
            "2": "räissen"
          },
          "expansion": "Luxembourgish: räissen",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Luxembourgish: räissen"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pl",
            "2": "rysować",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Polish: rysować\n→ Russian: рисова́ть (risovátʹ)",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Polish: rysować\n→ Russian: рисова́ть (risovátʹ)"
    }
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        "3": "*wrītaną"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *wrītaną",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Germanic *wrītaną.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gmw-infl-verb-st",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wrītan",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wrītannjas",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wrītannjē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wrītannju",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive",
        "instrumental"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wrītu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wrait",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wrītiʀi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "writī",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wrītidi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wrait",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wrītum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "writum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wrītid",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "writud",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wrītand",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "writun",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wrītē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "writī",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wrītēs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wrītē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "writī",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wrītēm",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "writīm",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wrītēþ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "writīd",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wrītēn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "writīn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wrīt",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wrītid",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wrītandī",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "writan",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmw-pro",
        "2": "verb"
      },
      "expansion": "*wrītan",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "gmw-infl-verb-st"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Proto-West Germanic",
  "lang_code": "gmw-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/wrītan",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Proto-West Germanic class 1 strong verbs",
        "Proto-West Germanic entries with incorrect language header",
        "Proto-West Germanic lemmas",
        "Proto-West Germanic terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
        "Proto-West Germanic terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
        "Proto-West Germanic verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to scratch, to carve"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "scratch",
          "scratch"
        ],
        [
          "carve",
          "carve"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "wrītan"
}

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