spruten

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *sprūtan, from Proto-Germanic *sprūtaną, *spreutaną.

Verb

spruten

1. to sprout
2. to arise, to form

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Dutch: spruiten

Further reading

• “spruten”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “spruten”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

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Middle English

Alternative forms

• sproutyn, sprowtyn

Etymology

From Old English sprūtan, from Proto-Germanic *sprūtaną, variant of *spreutaną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈspruːtən/

Verb

spruten

1. To emerge or sprout; to begin to grow (of plants).
2. To experience growth or growing; to mature.
3. (rare) To plant; to tend to plants.

Conjugation

Conjugation of spruten (strong class 6/weak)

infinitive	(to) spruten
indicative	present	past
1st person singular	sprute	*spreet, spruted
2nd person singular	sprutest	*spreet, spruted
3rd person singular	spruteþ, spruteth	*spreet, spruted
plural	spruten	*sprut(en), *spruted(en)
subjunctive	present	past
singular	sprute	*sprute, *sprutede
plural	spruten	*sprut(en), *spruted(en)
imperative	present
singular	sprute
plural	spruteþ, spruteth
participle	present	past
	sprutende, sprutinge	sproten, *spruted

Descendants

• English: sprout
• Scots: sproot, spruit

References

• “stinken (v.)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-10-27.

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West Frisian

Noun

spruten

1. plural of sprút