wroten

See also: Wroten

English

Etymology 1

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 ...

Etymology 2

Verb

wroten

  1. past participle of wroot

Anagrams

Middle English

Etymology 1

From wroot +‎ -en (verbal plural suffix).

Alternative forms

Verb

wroten

  1. plural past indicative of writen

Etymology 2

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

Alternative forms

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 (weak in -ed/-te)
infinitive (to) wroten, wrote
present tense past tense
1st-person singular wrote wroted, wrotte
2nd-person singular wrotest wrotedest, wrottest
3rd-person singular wroteth wroted, wrotte
subjunctive singular wrote
imperative singular
plural1 wroten, wrote wroteden, wrotede, wrotten, wrotte
imperative plural wroteth, wrote
participles wrotynge, wrotende wroted, wrot, ywroted, ywrot

1 Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Descendants
  • English: root
  • Scots: wrutt, wort, rute, wirt, ruit
References

Old English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈwroː.ten/

Verb

wrōten

  1. plural present subjunctive of wrōtan

Participle

wrōten

  1. past participle of wrōtan