Participles
| Present | sċrīfende |
| Past | (ġe)sċrifen |
Indicative
Present
| 1st sing. | sċrīfe |
| 2nd sing. | sċrīfst |
| 3rd sing. | sċrīfþ |
| 1st plur. | sċrīfaþ |
| 2nd plur. | sċrīfaþ |
| 3rd plur. | sċrīfaþ |
Past
| 1st sing. | sċrāf |
| 2nd sing. | sċrife |
| 3rd sing. | sċrāf |
| 1st plur. | sċrifon |
| 2nd plur. | sċrifon |
| 3rd plur. | sċrifon |
Subjunctive
Present
| 1st sing. | sċrīfe |
| 2nd sing. | sċrīfe |
| 3rd sing. | sċrīfe |
| 1st plur. | sċrīfen |
| 2nd plur. | sċrīfen |
| 3rd plur. | sċrīfen |
Past
| 1st sing. | sċrife |
| 2nd sing. | sċrife |
| 3rd sing. | sċrife |
| 1st plur. | sċrifen |
| 2nd plur. | sċrifen |
| 3rd plur. | sċrifen |
Imperative
| Singular | sċrīf |
| Plural | sċrīfaþ |
Verbs conjugated like 'scrifan'
scrifan,
Verbs similar to 'scrifan'
scrihan,
scriþan,
adrifan,
clifan,
drifan,
scafan,
scelfan,
sciftan,
scinan,
scitan,
Etymology
From West Proto-Germanic *skrībaną, a late borrowing from Latin scrībō (“write”). Cognate with Old Frisian skrīva (West Frisian skriuwe), Old Saxon skrīvan, skrīƀan (Low German schrieven), Old Dutch scrīvan (Dutch schrijven), Old High German scrīban (German schreiben). See: Proto-Germanic '
*skrībaną', Latin '
scrībō', Low Saxon 'schrieven', Dutch '
schrijven', Old High German 'scrīban', German, old spelling '
schreiben'.
Sample Sentences
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