sprytten

Middle English

Alternative forms

• sprutten, sputten

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈspritən/, /ˈsp(r)utən/

Verb

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

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

Conjugation

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
imperative singular		—
plural1	sprytten, sprytte	sprytten, sprytte
imperative plural	sprytteth, sprytte	—
participles	spryttende	spryt, yspryt

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

Descendants

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

References

• “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.