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Old English
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *spruttjan, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)per- (“to strew, sow, sprinkle”).
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Verb
spryttan
- (intransitive) to spring, sprout, germinate
10th century, Ælfric, (Please provide the book title or journal name):He cwæð, Sprytte seo eorðe growende gærs 7 sæd wyrcende, 7 æppelbære treow wæstm wyrcende æfter his cynne, ðæs sæd sy on him syluum ofer eorðan. Hit wæs ða swa gedon.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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