adj
Meaning 1
Sprinkled.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
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Standard Lemma guide
sprent
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/spɹɛnt/
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name
Meaning 2
A locality in Central Coast Council, northern Tasmania, Australia.
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verb
Meaning 3
To leap; bound; move quickly; dart
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Northern-England, Scotland, dialectal, intransitive
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History
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.
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”).