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sprot (c.1216-20)
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sprot (c.1216-20)

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sprotte; 
pl. sprotis,  sproz  
  FEW:  sprot 17,191b Gdf:  spruz 7,573 GdfC: ∅ TL: ∅ DEAF:  sprot  DMF: ∅ TLF: ∅ OED:  sprat n.1  / sprot n.1  MED:  sprot n.  DMLBS:  sprottus 3170c

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ich.zool.sprat, small herring, Clupea sprattus: 
( c.1216-20; MS: 1419 ) De chescun bat qe meisne sprottes, si le bat ne soit de la fraunchise de Loundres, le baillif avera une tandelle de sprot  Lib Alb 236
( MS: s.xiii2 ) sprote: sproz  TLL i 231
( 1311 ) De chescoun bat que meingne sprottes […]  London English 113
( 1430 ) .ij. last de sprot, valor .xx. s.  Port Bk studer 93

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esprot 
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