scrivan

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian scrivano. Doublet of scrivano, scrivener, and escribano.

Noun

scrivan (plural scrivans)

  1. (obsolete) A clerk or writer.
    • 1822, Giovanni Battista Belzoni, Narrative of the Operations and Recent Discoveries Within the Pyramids, Temples, Tombs, and Excavations, in Egypt and Nubia And of a Journey to the Coast of the Red Sea, in Search of the Ancient Berenice; and Another to the Oasis of Jupiter Ammon, volume 2, page 314:
      They told me their husbands were scrivans to the sultan, and that on their arrival in Cairo they should go to the house of the Khalil Bey till they proceeded to Alexandria;

References

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *skrīban.

Verb

scrīvan

  1. to write

Conjugation

Conjugation of scrīvan (strong class 1)
infinitive scrīvan
indicative present past
1st person singular scrīvo, scrīvon scrēf
2nd person singular scrīvis scrivi
3rd person singular scrīvit scrēf
1st person plural scrīvun scrivon
2nd person plural scrīvit scrivot
3rd person plural scrīvunt scrivon
subjunctive present past
1st person singular scrīve scrivi
2nd person singular scrīvis scrivi
3rd person singular scrīve scrivi
1st person plural scrīvin scrivin
2nd person plural scrīvit scrivit
3rd person plural scrīvin scrivin
imperative present
singular scrīf
plural scrīvet
participle present past
scrīvandi scrivan, giscrivan

Descendants

Further reading

  • “skrīvan”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012
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