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splott

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
splott, es; m.
a plot of land
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  • Mann ðe áhte geweald ealles ðæs splottes æt Celian dúne, ðár ðæt scræf wæs tómiddes, ðe ða seofon hálgan lágon inne slápan,

      Homl. Skt. i. 23, 415.
  • On clǽnan splott súðe-weardne,

      Cod. Dip. B. iii. 336, 23.
a spot
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  • Is se finta fægre gedǽled sum brún sum basu sum blácum splottum searolíce beseted

    cauda porrigitur fulvo distenta metallo, in cujus maculis purpura mista rubet

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      Exon. Th. 218, 18; Ph. 296.
Etymology
[Cf. Hyre treówenan gesplottude cuppan, Chart. Th. 537, 33. Wicklif uses splotti == spotted in Gen. 30, 35; and Halliwell gives splotch as an East-country word for a splash of dirt.]
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v. æcer-, friþ-, land-, mǽd-splott.
Linked entries
v.  ge-splottod.
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