sprent
English
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɛnt
Etymology 1
From Middle English sprenten, from Old English *sprentan, from Proto-Germanic *sprantijaną, causative of Proto-Germanic *sprintaną (“to jump up; bounce”), from Proto-Indo-European *sprend-, *sprendʰ- (“to flinch; jump”), from Proto-Indo-European *sper- (“to twitch; fidget; flinch; jump; be quick”). Cognate with Middle High German sprenzen (“to sprinkle; splash”), Swedish spritta (“to startle”), Icelandic spretta (“to spring forth; emerge; arise; develop”).
Alternative forms
Verb
sprent (third-person singular simple present sprents, present participle sprenting, simple past and past participle sprented)
- (intransitive, dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To leap; bound; move quickly; dart
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Etymology 2
From Middle English spreynt, spreind, yspreynd (“sprinkled”), past participle of Middle English sprengen (“to sprinkle”), from Old English sprengan (“to cause to spring; scatter”), from Proto-Germanic *sprangijaną, causative of *springaną (“to spring; jump”). More at spring.
Verb
sprent
- (obsolete) simple past and past participle of springe
Adjective
sprent (comparative more sprent, superlative most sprent)
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