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reier1 (s.xiii)

reier1 (s.xiii)

 
  FEW:  radicare *10,18a Gdf: GdfC: TL: DEAF: DMF: TLF: OED: MED: DMLBS:

Hunt in TLL i 21, n.21 notes that, "Cespitare means to stumble (hence cadere), occasionally to dig, the noun cespes indicating a sod or mass of roots, and thus ‘reier’ may be a reflex of (e)radicare, cf. FEW 10,18a."

v.intrans.

to dig, uproot
( MS: s.xiii )  cespitare: reier vel cadere  TLL i 21

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