gewrit

n (-es/-u) 1. writing, something written, (1) written language; oþ þone first þe híe wel cunnon Englisc gewrit árǽdan until such time as they can read English writing well; (2) a number of written characters; þis man sceal wrítan on húsldisce ++A++CD++ this shall one write on the paten A, C, D; (3) inscription; riht \gewrit orthography; 2. a writing, (1) a written statement, passage from a book; (2) of official, formal documents, document; (a) of law or jurisprudence; on úrum gewritum in our regulations; (b) a list or catalog; hæbbe se abbod gewrit ealra þǽra ǽhta the abbot may have a list of all the possessions; (c) a letter; (d) text of an agreement; (e) writ, charter, deed; (3) of literary writing, a book, treatise; books dealing with a subject under notice; þæs þe gewritu secgaþ of that which the books say; (3a) of the books in the Bible; scripture, writing; as in holy writ; (α) of the canonical books, the Scriptures; on hálgum gewritum in the holy Scriptures; (β) of the Apocrypha; twéonendlicu gewritu the Apocrypha; 3. stylus