sprenten

== Middle English == === Alternative forms === sprent === Etymology === Borrowed from Old Norse *sprenta (for later spretta), from Proto-Germanic *sprantijaną, thus a doublet of sprytten. Reinforced by sprent, variant of sprend, past participle of sprengen. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈsprɛntən/ === Verb === sprenten (third-person singular simple present sprente, present participle sprentynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative sprente, past participle sprent) (Northern) To spring (jump with great speed or energy). To shoot or spurt out; to emerge suddenly and quickly. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Descendants ==== English: sprint (see there for further descendants; dialectal sprent, sprunt) Scots: sprent, sprint, spraint, sprind ==== References ==== “sprenten, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.