screptra

Middle Irish

Etymology

From Latin scrīptūra; doublet of scriptúir.

Noun

screptra m pl (plural only)

1. writings
2. manuscripts, books

Descendants

• Irish: screaptra

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “scriptuir”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language