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á-sprýtan

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á-sprýtan, l. á-spryttan,
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of a plant,
to sprout out, spring up
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  • Eall gærs and wyrta ǽr þan þe hig upp áspritton

    omnem herbam prius quant germinaret,

      Gen. 2, 5.
  • Ðeáh hié up áspryttæn,

      Past. 67, 23.
  • Þonne beóð up ásprytte synfulle swá swá gærs

    cum exorti fuerint peccatores sicut foenum,

      Ps. L. 91, 8.
of a root, seed,
to put forth sprouts, sprout out
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  • For ðám þá wyrttruman magon eft ðanon ásprettan (printed -spretgan) ne talige ic þé þeáh ꝥ tó nánre scylde,

      Shrn. 184, 21.
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v.  á-sprettan.
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