on þǣm (hilte) wæs ōr
writen fyrn-gewinnes (_on which was
engraved
the origin of an ancient
struggle_), 1689.
Beowulf
acc.: 1) _to bind, fasten, wreathe together_: inf. ic
hine (him, MS.) ... on wæl-bedde wrīðan þōhte, 965.--2) _to bind up_ (a
wounded person, a wound): pret. pl. þā wǣron monige þē his mǣg wriðon,
2983. See hand-gewriðen.
wrītan, st. v., _to incise, engrave_: pret. part.
on þǣm (hilte) wæs ōr
writen fyrn-gewinnes (_on which was
engraved
the origin of an ancient
struggle_), 1689.
for-wrītan, _to cut to pieces_ or _in two_: pret. sg. for-wrāt Wedra helm
wyrm on middan, 2706.
wrōht, st. m. f., _blame, accusation, crime_; here _strife, contest,
hostility_: nom. sg., 2288, 2474, 2914.
wudu, st. m., _wood_: 1) _material, timber_: nom. pl. wudu, 1365; hence,
_the wooden spear_: acc. pl.
