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grot

  • noun [ neuter ]
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Grammar
grot, es; n.
A particle, an atom; particula
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  • Nán grot rihtwísnesse

    no particle of wisdom,

      Bt. 35, 1; Fox 156, 6.
  • Nán grot andgites

    no particle of sense,

      41, 5 Fox 252, 22.
  • Uneáþe ǽnig grot staþoles aðstód

    hardly any particle of foundation remained,

      Ors. 6, 1; Swt. 252, 23.
Etymology
[A. R. of al þe brode eorðe ne moste he habben a grot forte deien uppon, 260, 20: Havel. karf hem al to grotes, 472.]
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v.  grytt.
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  • grot, n.