sprenten

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Middle English

Alternative forms

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

Verb

sprenten (third-person singular simple present sprente, present participle sprentynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative sprente, past participle sprent) (Northern)

  1. To spring (jump with great speed or energy).
  2. To shoot or spurt out; to emerge suddenly and quickly.

Conjugation

Conjugation of sprenten (weak in -te)
infinitive (to) sprenten
present tense past tense
1st-person singular sprente sprente
2nd-person singular sprentest sprentest
3rd-person singular sprenteth sprente
subjunctive singular sprente
imperative singular —
plural1 sprenten, sprente sprenten, sprente
imperative plural sprenteth, sprente —
participles sprentynge, sprentende sprent

1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Descendants

  • English: sprint (see there for further descendants; dialectal sprent, sprunt)
  • Scots: sprent, sprint, spraint, sprind

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