Sprent

//spɹɛnt// adj, name, verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To leap; bound; move quickly; dart Northern-England, Scotland, dialectal, intransitive
Adjective
  1. 1
    Sprinkled. archaic
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A locality in Central Coast Council, northern Tasmania, Australia.

Etymology

Etymology 1

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”).

Etymology 2

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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