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sprent.

To leap; bound; move quickly; dart

6 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb/spɹɛnt/
  1. To leap; bound; move quickly; dart

    Northern-England · Scotland · dialectal · intransitive
Where this word comes from

From Middle English sprenten, from Old Norse *sprenta (for later spretta), 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”).

adj/spɹɛnt/
  1. Sprinkled.

    archaic
Where this word comes from

From Middle English sprent, sprend (“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.

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