† i-ˈwrit Obs.
[OE. ᵹewrit, f. wr{iacu}tan to write: cf. writ.]
Something written; a writing, a treatise.
| c 893 K. ælfred Oros. i. i. §6 Þeah þe ᵹewrito oft nemnen eal þa lond Media oþþe Asiria. 971 Blickl. Hom. 177 Þa heht he..rædan þæt ᵹewrit beforan him. c 1175 Lamb. Hom. 133 Alswuche wise spekeð ðe eorðliche king wið iwilche cristene monne Þe he to sendeð his halie iwriten. a 1250 Prov. ælfred 103 in O.E. Misc. 108 Þe mon þe on his youhþe..leorneþ..iwriten reden he may beon on elde wenliche lorþeu. |