wroten

wroten

See also: Wroten

English

Verb

wroten

1. (archaic) past participle of write; written.
   • 1843, John Hooper, Samuel Carr, Early Writings of John Hooper - Page 169

     ... I have ones agayne wroten to my cosen Richard Hyll, ...

   • 1872, John Payne Collier, Walter Calverley Trevelyan, Charles Edward Trevelyan, Trevelyan Papers ... - Page 74

     For the scripture was wroten to lead us unto God, and unto repentance of ill. It was wroten to teach us God and all godliness, and not to move such ...

Anagrams

• Towner, towner

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Middle English

Etymology 1

From wroot +‎ -en (“verbal plural marker”).

Verb

wroten

1. Alternative form of wrooten

Etymology 2

From Old English wrōtan, from Proto-Germanic *wrōtaną.

Alternative forms

• wrote, wrooten, wrotyn

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwroːtən/

Verb

wroten

1. To use one's nose or snout to rummage or root.
2. To extract with one's nose or snout; to have rooted.
3. To remove soil, earth, or ground; to dig up.
4. (rare) To crawl or slither as a worm.
5. (rare) To cause irritation or annoyance.
6. (rare) To till; to move soil for agriculture.

Conjugation

Conjugation of wroten (irregular weak)

infinitive	(to) wroten
indicative	present	past
1st person singular	wrote	wrotede, wrot
2nd person singular	wrotest	*wrotedest, *wrottest
3rd person singular	wroteþ, wroteth	wrotede, wrot
plural	wroten	*wrotede(n), *wrotte(n)
subjunctive	present	past
singular	wrote	wrotede, wrote
plural	wroten	*wrotede(n), *wrotte(n)
imperative	present
singular	wrote
plural	wroteþ, wroteth
participle	present	past
	wrotende, wrotinge	(y)wroted, *(y)wrot

Related terms

• wrot
• wrotynge

Descendants

• English: root (verb)
• Scots: wrutt, wort, rute, wirt, ruit

References

• “wrọ̄ten (v.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-12-16.