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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