Dihtian

According to the Old English Dictionary:

dihtian

p. ode To dictate, (1) what is to be done:--Seó lufu ꝥ gemet þǽre þreáunge dihtað (dictat), Bd. 1, 27; Sch. 67, 13. (2) what is to be written:--In þám folclárum þe ic wrát and dihtode, Gr. D. 290, 11. Se Drihtnes wer him tó gehét his wrítere and him dihtode (dictavit) þus cweðende, 193, 22. Se Hálga Gást dihtode ealle þá þing þe hálige men writon, Bl. H. 133, 1. Dihtade instigavit, Lk. p. 2, 6. [Lat. dictare.] dihtian