scrivan
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian scrivano. Doublet of scrivano, scrivener, and escribano.
Noun
scrivan (plural scrivans)
- (obsolete) A clerk or writer.
- 1822, Giovanni Battista Belzoni, Narrative of the Operations and Recent Discoveries Within the Pyramids, Temples, Tombs, and Excavations, in Egypt and Nubia And of a Journey to the Coast of the Red Sea, in Search of the Ancient Berenice; and Another to the Oasis of Jupiter Ammon, volume 2, page 314:
- They told me their husbands were scrivans to the sultan, and that on their arrival in Cairo they should go to the house of the Khalil Bey till they proceeded to Alexandria; […]
References
- Henry Yule, A[rthur] C[oke] Burnell (1903) “scrivan”, in William Crooke, editor, Hobson-Jobson […] , London: John Murray, […], page 804.
Old Dutch
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *skrīban.
Verb
scrīvan
- to write
Conjugation
Conjugation of scrīvan (strong class 1)
| infinitive | scrīvan | |
|---|---|---|
| indicative | present | past |
| 1st person singular | scrīvo, scrīvon | scrēf |
| 2nd person singular | scrīvis | scrivi |
| 3rd person singular | scrīvit | scrēf |
| 1st person plural | scrīvun | scrivon |
| 2nd person plural | scrīvit | scrivot |
| 3rd person plural | scrīvunt | scrivon |
| subjunctive | present | past |
| 1st person singular | scrīve | scrivi |
| 2nd person singular | scrīvis | scrivi |
| 3rd person singular | scrīve | scrivi |
| 1st person plural | scrīvin | scrivin |
| 2nd person plural | scrīvit | scrivit |
| 3rd person plural | scrīvin | scrivin |
| imperative | present | |
| singular | scrīf | |
| plural | scrīvet | |
| participle | present | past |
| scrīvandi | scrivan, giscrivan | |
Descendants
- Middle Dutch: schriven
Further reading
- “skrīvan”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012