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sprent

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8
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10
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/spɹɛnt/

Definition of sprent

3 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. (Northern-England, Scotland, dialectal, intransitive)To leap; bound; move quickly; dart
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verb

  1. (Northern-England, Scotland, dialectal, intransitive)To leap; bound; move quickly; dart

adj

  1. (archaic)Sprinkled.

name

  1. A locality in Central Coast Council, northern Tasmania, Australia.

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Etymology

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…

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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”).

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