sprent

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /spɹɛnt/ Rhymes: -ɛnt === 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”). ==== Alternative forms ==== sprunt ==== Verb ==== sprent (third-person singular simple present sprents, present participle sprenting, simple past and past participle sprented) (intransitive, dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To leap; bound; move quickly; dart ===== Related terms ===== sprint === 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. ==== Adjective ==== sprent (comparative more sprent, superlative most sprent) (archaic) Sprinkled. ===== Derived terms ===== besprent === Anagrams === pernts == Middle English == === Verb === sprent alternative form of sprenten