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sprent¹

  • /spɹɛnt/

Rhymes with -ɛnt

Where it 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”).

verb sprents · sprenting · sprented · sprunt

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

sprent²

  • /spɹɛnt/

Rhymes with -ɛnt

Where it 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.

adjective more sprent · most sprent

  1. archaic Sprinkled.

Sprent³

proper noun

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

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@misc{sprent_2026,
  title = {sprent},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sprent},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}