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sprot

  • noun [ neuter ]
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Grammar
sprot, es; n.
A sprout, shoot, twig, small branch
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  • Sprote

    with a rod

    (?),
      Coll. Monast. Th. 23, 35.
  • Sprota sarmentorum, ramorum, qui de vinea exciduntur, Hpt. Gl. 445, 32: 489, 10:

    palmitum,

      Germ. 401, 16.
  • Sprotum

    sarmentis,

      401, 24.
Etymology
[Halliwell gives sprote-wood as a word still in use for small wood or sticks for firing. Jamieson gives sprot 1. the withered stump of any plant, broken and lying on the ground; 2. the end of a branch blown off a growing tree; 3. a chip of wood, flying from the tool of a carpenter. O. L. Ger. gi-sprot surculum: Du. sprot a sprout, twig (Hexham).]
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v. sprútan, and next word.
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v.  sprytele.
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