SPUTENOUN
a dispute, contention ...1886 Eng. dial. (Somerset) VERB 1. to dispute; to contend in disputation ...a1225 obs. exc. Eng. dial. 2. to spit on a person or on something ...1382 obs. ETYMOLOGY vb. 1. aphetic form of 'dispute' vb. 2. from Latin sputare to spit FIRST DOCUMENTED USE (vb. 1.) a1225 - "...ne funde we nowhwer nan swa deope ilearet þet durste sputin wið us" From: The Legend of St. Katherine of Alexandria, a1225 EXAMPLE (vb. 2.) "...Thei wlaten me, and ferr floun fro me, and to spute my face they shame not" From: The Holy Bible, containing the Old and New Testaments, with the Apocryphal Books By: John Wycliffe, 1382 SOURCES • A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles, James Murray, 1887-1933 • The Century Dictionary and Encyclopedia, William Dwight Whitney, 1889-1891 • The Imperial Dictionary of the English Language, Rev. John Ogilvie, 1847-1850 • The English Dialect Dictionary, Joseph Wright, 1898-1905 • The West Somerset Word-Book, Frederick Thomas Elworthy, 1886
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