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spyttan

  • verb [ weak ]
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to spit
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  • Spittas (-es, Lind.)

    conspuent,

      Mk. Skt. Rush. 10, 34.
  • Spittadun

    expuerunt,

      Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 26, 67.
  • Spittende

    expuentes,

      27, 30.
Etymology
[Blod to spitten ant te speowen, Jul. 48, 18. Þenne spit leccherie meidenhad oþe nebbe, H. M. 17, 13. Spit him amidde þe bearde, A. R. 290, 20. Cf. Ger. speutzen, spützen: Icel. spýta.]
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v. ge-spittan.
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v.  spittan.
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