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)

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

Conjugation

Conjugation of *sprytten* (weak in -te)
	present tense	past tense
infinitive	(to) sprytten, sprytte

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	spryttynge, spryttende	spryt, yspryt

¹ Sometimes 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.