Wrítian; II

Old English Dictionary Entry

Wrítian; II

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1 wrítian; II

Substitute: writian, wreotian to chirp, chatter, rattle :-- Wreotað crepitat, Wrt. Voc. ii. 23, 34. Writigeað (printed pritigeað) pipant (comples aera catervis, garrula quae rostris resonantes cantica pipant, Aid. 136, 28), 88, 80. Þæt fugolcynn eall fægere Fénix grétaþ, writigað and singaþ onbútan him ǽlc on his wísan, E. S. viii. 478, 40. Wri[tiende] garrulantes, An. Ox. 37, 3. writian

Runic Inscription

ᚹᚱᛁᛏᛁᚪᚾ; ᛁᛁ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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