writere

Middle English

Noun

writere

1. alternative form of writer

Old English

Etymology

From wrītan +‎ -ere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwriː.te.re/

Noun

wrītere m

1. writer
2. used in numerous more specific senses, including:
   1. scribe
   2. secretary
   3. draughtsman
   4. painter

Declension

Strong ja-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	wrītere	wrīteras
accusative	wrītere	wrīteras
genitive	wrīteres	wrītera
dative	wrītere	wrīterum

Synonyms

• (scribe): bōcere
• (painter): mētere

Derived terms

• ǣwrītere (“writer of laws”)
• cranicwrītere (“chronicler”)
• ealdwrītere (“antiquarian”)
• inwrītere (“resident scribe, private secretary”)
• notwrītere (“writer of notes”)
• rihtwrītere (“good writer”)
• stæfwrītere (“grammarian”)
• stǣrwrītere (“historian”)
• tīdwrītere (“chronicler”)
• unwrītere (“bad writer”)

Descendants

• Middle English: writer, writere, wryter, writere, wrytter, wrytere, wrijtere
  • English: writer
  • Scots: writer

References

• Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “wrītere”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.