pa. pple. Obs. Forms: 1 ȝewriten, 2–4 iwrite(n, 3–4 ywrite, ywryte, 4 iwritten, (i-, ywrete, 5 iwreten), 5–7 ywrit. [OE. ʓewriten, pa. pple. of (ʓe)wrítan to WRITE.) Written.
c. 1000. Ags. Gosp., Luke x. 26. Hwæt is ʓewriten on þære æ?
c. 1175. Lamb. Hom., 11. Þe þridde godes heste was iwriten inne þa table.
c. 1200. Moral Ode, 118 (Trin. Coll. MS.). Swo he hit iseie aboc iwrite.
1297. R. Glouc. (Rolls), 1901. An aungel he sey Þat huld an croiz & þer on ywrite was lo þis.
c. 1315. Shoreham, V. 320. Þer-bye we mowe wel y-wyte, Þaȝ þer be nauȝt of y-wryte, Þat cryst hym self was þere.
1377. Langl., P. Pl., B. XI. 220. Sum wordes I fynde ywryten were of faithes techynge.
1387. Trevisa, Higden (Rolls), V. 15. Whanne bookes of oure byleve were y-wrete. Ibid., VIII. 41. Foure famous men discreved his lyf and his dedes as it is i-written in his lyf.
1422. Yonge, trans. Secr. Secr., 149. In the thyrde boke of kynges we fyndyth y-writ that [etc.].
c. 1450. Merlin, 279. Whan it was I-wreten.
1642. H. More, Song of Soul, I. III. xxvi. On which in golden letters be ywrit These words.
