ᚹᚨᚱᛁᛏᚢ

Proto-Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wrītō, first singular present active indicative of *wrītaną.

Verb

ᚹᚨᚱᛁᛏᚢ (waritu /wᵃrītu/) (first-person singular present active indicative)

1. I write
   • 200s-400s, inscription on the Järsberg Runestone

     ᚺᚨᛁᛏ[ ] ¶ ᛖᚴᛖᚱᛁᛚᚨᛉ ¶ ᚱᚢᚾᛟᛉᚹᚨᚱᛁᛏᚢ ¶ [ ]ᚢᛒᚨᛉᚺᛁᛏᛖ᛬ᚺᚨᚱᚨᛒᚨᚾᚨᛉ
     hait[ ] ¶ ekerilaz ¶ runozwaritu ¶ [ ]ubazhite᛬harabanaz

     Hait… ¶ Ek erilaz rūnōz wᵃrītu. ¶ …ubaz haitē. Hᵃrabᵃnaz..

     I am called… ¶ I, the erilaz, write the runes. ¶ …ubaz I am called. Raven.

Attested forms

• (first-person singular present active indicative) — ᚹᚨᚱᛁᛏᚢ (waritu /⁠wᵃrītu⁠/)
• (first-person singular past active indicative) — ᚹᚱᚨᛁᛏᚨ (wraita /⁠wraita⁠/)
• (third-person singular past active indicative) — ᚹᚨᚱᛡᛁᛏ (warᴀit /⁠wᵃrait⁠/)
• (first-person plural past active indicative) — ᚹᚱᛁᛏᚢᛗ (writum /⁠writum⁠/)