writen
Strong class 1 | ||
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Infinitive | writen | |
3rd sg. past | wrêet | |
3rd pl. past | wrēten | |
Past participle | gewrēten | |
Infinitive | writen | |
In genitive | writens | |
In dative | writene | |
Indicative | Present | Past |
1st singular | write | wrêet |
2nd singular | wrijts, writes | wrēets, wrētes |
3rd singular | wrijt, writet | wrêet |
1st plural | writen | wrēten |
2nd plural | wrijt, writet | wrēet, wrētet |
3rd plural | writen | wrēten |
Subjunctive | Present | Past |
1st singular | write | wrēte |
2nd singular | wrijts, writes | wrētes |
3rd singular | write | wrēte |
1st plural | writen | wrēten |
2nd plural | wrijt, writet | wrētet |
3rd plural | writen | wrēten |
Imperative | Present | |
Singular | wrijt, write | |
Plural | wrijt, writet | |
Present | Past | |
Participle | writende | gewrēten |
From Old English wrītan. Cognate to Middle Low German writen and Middle High German rīzen.
writen (singular simple past wroot, plural simple past wroten)
infinitive | (to) writen, write | ||
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present tense | past tense | ||
1st-person singular | write | wrot | |
2nd-person singular | writest | wrote, write, wrot | |
3rd-person singular | writeth | wrot | |
subjunctive singular | write | wrote1, write1 | |
imperative singular | — | ||
plural2 | writen, write | wroten, wrote, writen, write | |
imperative plural | writeth, write | — | |
participles | writynge, writende | writen, wreten, ywrite |
1Replaced by the indicative in later Middle English.
2Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
From Old Saxon writan (“to write, carve”)
wrîten
Plain Infinitive | wrîten | |||
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Full Infinitive (Gerund) | tô wrîtene or tô wrîtende | |||
Verbal Noun | wrîten or wrîtent | |||
Participles | Imperatives | |||
Present | wrîtende | 2nd Person Singular | wrît | |
Past | gewrēten | 2nd Person Plural | wrîtet | |
Indicative | Subjunctive | |||
Present | Preterite | Present | Preterite | |
1st Person Singular | wrîte | wrêt | wrîte | wrēte |
2nd Person Singular | wrîtest or wrîtst | wrētest | wrîtest | wrētest |
3rd Person Singular | wrîtet or wrît | wrêt | wrîtet | wrēte |
Plural | wrîten (wrîtet?) | wrēten | wrîten | wrēten |
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