wrotan

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *wrōtan (literally “to snout”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈwroː.tɑn/

Verb

wrōtan

  1. to rummage or root up with one's snout
    • Exeter Book, riddle 40
      Māra iċ eom ond fǣttra • þonne āmæsted swīn
      bearg bellende, • þe on bōcwuda,
      won wrōtende • wynnum lifde
      I am greater and fatter than the fattened up swine,
      a bellowing barrow, that in a beechwood
      lived rooting with joy.

Conjugation

Conjugation of wrōtan (strong, class VII)
infinitive wrōtan wrōtenne
indicative mood present tense past tense
first person singular wrōte wrēot
second person singular wrētst wrēote
third person singular wrētt, wrēt wrēot
plural wrōtaþ wrēoton
subjunctive present tense past tense
singular wrōte wrēote
plural wrōten wrēoten
imperative
singular wrōt
plural wrōtaþ
participle present past
wrōtende (ġe)wrōten

Descendants

  • Middle English: wroten, wrooten
    • English: root
    • Scots: wrutt, wort, rute, wirt, ruit
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