† ywrit, pa. pple. Obs.
Forms: 1 ᵹewriten, 2–4 iwrite(n, 3–4 ywrite, ywryte, 4 iwritten, (i-, ywrete, 5 iwreten), 5–7 ywrit.
[OE. ᵹewriten, pa. pple. of (ᵹe)wr{iacu}tan to write.]
Written.
| c 1000 Ags. Gosp. Luke x. 26 Hwæt is ᵹewriten on þære æ? c 1175 Lamb. Hom. 11 Þe þridde godes heste was iwriten inne þa table. c 1200 Moral Ode 118 (Trin. Coll. MS.) Swo he hit iseie aboc iwrite. 1297 R. Glouc. (Rolls) 1901 An aungel he sey Þat huld an croiz & þer on ywrite was lo þis. c 1315 Shoreham v. 320 Þer-bye we mowe wel y-wyte, Þaȝ þer be nauȝt of y-wryte, Þat cryst hym self was þere. 1377 Langl. P. Pl. B. xi. 220 Sum wordes I fynde ywryten were of faithes techynge. 1387 Trevisa Higden (Rolls) V. 15 Whanne bookes of oure byleve were y-wrete. Ibid. VIII. 41 Foure famous men discreved his lyf and his dedes as it is i-written in his lyf. 1422 Yonge tr. Secr. Secr. 149 In the thyrde boke of kynges we fyndyth y-writ that [etc.]. c 1450 Merlin 279 Whan it was I-wreten. 1642 H. More Song of Soul i. iii. xxvi, On which in golden letters be ywrit These words. |