ríta I “write”

“carve”

frequent

transitive (acc of document, dat of recipient)

active voice
present indicative present subjunctive
1sg ek rít 1pl vér rítum 1sg ek ríta 1pl vér rítim
2sg þú rítr 2pl þér rítið 2sg þú rítir 2pl þér rítið
3sg hon rítr 3pl þau ríta 3sg hon ríti 3pl þau ríti
preterite indicative preterite subjunctive
1sg ek reit 1pl vér ritum 1sg ek rita 1pl vér ritim
2sg þú reizt 2pl þér rituð 2sg þú ritir 2pl þér ritið
3sg hon reit 3pl þau ritu 3sg hon riti 3pl þau riti
preterite infinitive ritu
past participle f. ritin m. ritinn n. ritit
imperative 2sg rít 1pl rítum 2pl rítið
middle voice: rítask
present indicative present subjunctive
1sg ek rítumk 1pl vér rítumk 1sg ek rítumk 1pl vér rítimk
2sg þú rízk 2pl þér rítizk 2sg þú rítisk 2pl þér rítizk
3sg hon rízk 3pl þau rítask 3sg hon rítisk 3pl þau rítisk
preterite indicative preterite subjunctive
1sg ek ritumk 1pl vér ritumk 1sg ek ritumk 1pl vér ritimk
2sg þú reizk 2pl þér rituzk 2sg þú ritisk 2pl þér ritizk
3sg hon reizk 3pl þau ritusk 3sg hon ritisk 3pl þau ritisk
past participle n. ritizk
imperative 2sg rízk 1pl rítumk 2pl rítizk

PG *wrītaną, OE wrītan I, ME wrīten, MnE write. Later exclusively found as class 2 weak rita (ritaði, ritaðr).

semivowel loss

Corpus search: present active / preterite active / present reflexive / preterite reflexive

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