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ge-wrítan

  • verb [ strong ]
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ge-wrítan, to write together the names of things to be granted
and make the grant, to make a grant in writing. Cf. gewrit-rǽden
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  • Nú gewríte ic hire ðæt ðreóra hída lond,

      C. D. ii. 100, 12.

  • Ðis earon þára manna noman þe gewritene earon from Bynsingtúne in ꝥ bisceopríce tó Uueogornacestre mid heora teáme and mid þý túdre þe from him cume á on éce yrfewardnesse (cf. sex homines, qui prius pertinebant ad villam regiam in Beonsincgtune, cum omni prole et stirpe eorum, ad eandem

    conscripsimus

    ecclesiam, ut semper ad terram ecclesie pertineant,
      133, 25-30), Cht. Th. 134, 1.
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v. un-gewriten.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-wrítan.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/50587.

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