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spreót

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
spreót, es; m.
A pole, sprit (in bow-sprit)
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  • Spreót

    contus,

      Wrt. Voc. i. 33, 61.
  • Ánes mannes lenge ðe healt ánne spreót on his hand and strecþ hine swá feor swá hé mæg árǽcan intó ðere sǽ statura unius hominis tenentis lignum quod Angle nominant spreot,

    et tendentis ante se quantum potest,

      Chart. Th. 318, 10.
  • Spreótas trudes vel amites. Wrt. Voc. i. 35, 43: trudes (in a list of things connected with ships), 48, 13: 57, 16: 64, 7: ansatas, ii. 3, 68:

    contos,

      14, 72.
  • Spreótum, spreútum

    contis,

      Txts. 48, 211.
Etymology
[Prompt. Parv. sprete contus: Du. spriet sprit: Dan. sprød: Swed. spröt.]
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v. eofor-spreót.
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