spretta

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Faroese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Old Norse spretta (to spring forth), from Proto-Germanic *sprintaną; compare English sprint.

Verb[edit]

spretta (third person singular past indicative spratt, third person plural past indicative spruttu, supine sprottið)

  1. to jump
  2. to grow

Conjugation[edit]

Conjugation of spretta (group v-49pp)
infinitive spretta
supine sprottið
participle (a34)1 sprettandi sprottin
present past
first singular spretti spratt
second singular sprettur spratst
third singular sprettur spratt
plural spretta spruttu
imperative
singular sprett!
plural sprettið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

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Etymology 1[edit]

Inherited from Old Norse spretta (to spring forth), from Proto-Germanic *sprintaną; compare English sprint.

Verb[edit]

spretta (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative spratt, third-person plural past indicative spruttu, supine sprottið)

  1. (intransitive) to spring forth, to rise
  2. (intransitive) to grow (of hair, grass, etc.)
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Etymology 2[edit]

Inherited from Old Norse spretta, from Proto-Germanic *sprantijaną, thus a causative of spretta (1).

Verb[edit]

spretta (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative spretti, supine sprett)

  1. (transitive, with dative) to cause to spring forth
  2. (transitive, with dative) to loose, to unfasten, to open
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Noun[edit]

spretta f (genitive singular sprettu, nominative plural sprettur)

  1. (especially of grass) growth
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Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

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Verb[edit]

spretta

  1. inflection of sprette:
    1. simple past
    2. past participle (Verb 2)