Wríitian

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - wríitian

According to the Old English Dictionary:

wríitian
p. ode. I. to draw a figure, II :-- Ðonne wercaþ hió of weaxe, wrítiaþ Fénix, metaþ Fénix they make waxen images of the Phenix, and drawings and paintings. Engl. Stud. viii. 478, 49. II. to write, compose, v. wrítan, IV a :-- Writigaþ and singaþ onbútan him ǽlc on his wísan, Engl. Stud. viii. 478, 42. [(later) Icel. ríta ; p. rítadi.] wriitian

Related words: wrítan,

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