spryttan

Old English

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *spruttjan, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)per- (“to strew, sow, sprinkle”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈspryt.tɑn/

Verb

spryttan

  1. (intransitive) to spring, sprout, germinate
    • 10th century, Ælfric, (Please provide the book title or journal name):
      He cwæð, Sprytte seo eorðe growende gærs ⁊ sæd wyrcende, ⁊ æppelbære treow wæstm wyrcende æfter his cynne, ðæs sæd sy on him syluum ofer eorðan. Hit wæs ða swa gedon.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church
      Þæt sǣd þe bufon ðām stǣniġum lande fēol sprytte hwæthwega, ac ðāðā sēo hǣte cōm, ðā forsċranc hit, forðan ðe hit næfde nǣnne wǣtan.
      The seed that fell upon the stony ground sprouted somewhat, but when the heat came, it withered, for it never had any moisture.

Conjugation

Conjugation of spryttan (weak, class 1)
infinitive spryttan spryttenne
indicative mood present tense past tense
first person singular sprytte sprytte
second person singular sprytst spryttest
third person singular sprytt, spryt sprytte
plural spryttaþ sprytton
subjunctive present tense past tense
singular sprytte sprytte
plural sprytten sprytten
imperative
singular spryte
plural spryttaþ
participle present past
spryttende (ġe)spryted, (ġe)sprytt, (ġe)spryt

Derived terms

  • āspryttan
  • sprytting

Descendants

  • Middle English: sprytten, sprutten, sputten (in part)
    • English: sprit, spirt, spurt
    • Scots: spret, sprit
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