sprytten

Middle English edit

Alternative forms edit

sprutten, sputten

Etymology edit

From a combination of Old English spryttan (from Proto-West Germanic *spruttjan) and Old Norse spretta (from Proto-Germanic *sprantijaną, thus a doublet of sprenten). For the loss of /r/ in some forms, compare the development of speken from Old English sprecan.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈspritən/, /ˈsp(r)utən/

Verb edit

sprytten (third-person singular simple present sprytteth, present participle spryttende, first-/third-person singular past indicative sprytte, past participle spryt) (chiefly Early Middle English)

To sprout or germinate.
To rile up; to incite.
(rare) To jump; to spring.

Conjugation edit

Conjugation of sprytten (weak in -te)

infinitive	(to) sprytten, sprytte
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	sprytte	sprytte
2nd-person singular	spryttest	spryttest
3rd-person singular	sprytteth	sprytte
subjunctive singular	sprytte	sprytte
imperative singular	sprytte	—

plural¹	sprytten, sprytte	sprytten, sprytte
imperative plural	sprytteth, sprytte	—

participles	spryttende	spryt, yspryt

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

Descendants edit

English: sprit, spirt, spurt
Scots: spret, sprit

References edit

“spritten, v.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
“spritten, v.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
“sputten, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.