wrot

See also: wrót

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English wrōt, a shortening of earlier *wrōtl, from Proto-West Germanic *wrōtil, equivalent to wroten +‎ -el (agentive suffix).

Alternative forms

• wrotte, wrote

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wroːt/, /wrɔt/

Noun

wrot (plural wrotes)

1. A snout or trunk; an extending nose of an animal.
2. (rare) nose (compare modern snout (“nose”))

References

• “wrọ̄̆t, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 16 December 2018.

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• wroot

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wrɔːt/

Verb

wrot

1. singular simple past of writen

Old English

Etymology

Apparently a clipping of earlier *wrōtl, *wrōtul, *wrōtel, from Proto-West Germanic *wrōtil, equivalent to wrōtan +‎ -el.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wroːt/

Noun

wrōt m

1. snout
2. (of an elephant) trunk; proboscis

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	wrōt	wrōtas
accusative	wrōt	wrōtas
genitive	wrōtes	wrōta
dative	wrōte	wrōtum

Descendants

• Middle English: wrot, wrotte
  • Scots: wort (“pig's snout”)
  • ⇒ Scots: wrotok