wrot

From Old English wrōt, a shortening of earlier *wrōtl, from Proto-West Germanic *wrōtil, equivalent to wroten +‎ -el (agentive suffix).

• wrotte, wrote

• IPA^(key): /wroːt/, /wrɔt/

wrot (plural wrotes)

1. A snout or trunk; an extending nose of an animal.
2. (rare) nose (compare modern snout (“nose”))

• “wrọ̄̆t, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 16 December 2018.

• wroot

• IPA^(key): /wrɔːt/

wrot

1. singular simple past of writen

Apparently a clipping of earlier *wrōtl, *wrōtul, *wrōtel, from Proto-West Germanic *wrōtil, equivalent to wrōtan +‎ -el.

• IPA^(key): /wroːt/

wrōt m

1. snout
2. (of an elephant) trunk; proboscis

Strong a-stem:

• Middle English: wrot, wrotte
  • Scots: wort (“pig's snout”)
  • ⇒ Scots: wrotok