"sprent" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Forms: more sprent [comparative], most sprent [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɛnt Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|sprent}} Middle English sprent, {{der|en|enm|sprengen||to sprinkle}} Middle English sprengen (“to sprinkle”), {{inh|en|ang|sprengan||to cause to spring; scatter}} Old English sprengan (“to cause to spring; scatter”), {{inh|en|gem-pro|*sprangijaną}} Proto-Germanic *sprangijaną Head templates: {{en-adj}} sprent (comparative more sprent, superlative most sprent)
  1. (archaic) Sprinkled. Tags: archaic Derived forms: besprent
    Sense id: en-sprent-en-adj-~coAJOMG Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 65 35 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 71 29 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 72 28
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb [English]

Forms: sprents [present, singular, third-person], sprenting [participle, present], sprented [participle, past], sprented [past]
Rhymes: -ɛnt 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 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 templates: {{inh|en|enm|sprenten}} Middle English sprenten, {{der|en|non|*sprenta}} Old Norse *sprenta, {{der|en|gem-pro|*sprantijaną}} Proto-Germanic *sprantijaną, {{der|en|gem-pro|*sprintaną||to jump up; bounce}} Proto-Germanic *sprintaną (“to jump up; bounce”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*sprend-}} Proto-Indo-European *sprend-, {{der|en|ine-pro|*sper-||to twitch; fidget; flinch; jump; be quick}} Proto-Indo-European *sper- (“to twitch; fidget; flinch; jump; be quick”), {{cog|gmh|sprenzen||to sprinkle; splash}} Middle High German sprenzen (“to sprinkle; splash”), {{cog|sv|spritta||to startle}} Swedish spritta (“to startle”), {{cog|is|spretta||to spring forth; emerge; arise; develop}} Icelandic spretta (“to spring forth; emerge; arise; develop”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} sprent (third-person singular simple present sprents, present participle sprenting, simple past and past participle sprented)
  1. (intransitive, dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To leap; bound; move quickly; dart Tags: Northern-England, Scotland, dialectal, intransitive Synonyms: sprunt Related terms: sprint
    Sense id: en-sprent-en-verb-FF-S7YxE Categories (other): Northern England English, Scottish English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb [Middle English]

Head templates: {{head|enm|verb}} sprent
  1. Alternative form of sprenten Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: sprenten
    Sense id: en-sprent-enm-verb-drUtBHJ8 Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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