sprit

From Old English sprēot (“pole, pike, spear”), from Proto-Germanic *sprut-. Compare Dutch spriet (“a sprout”).

sprit (plural sprits)

1. (nautical) A spar between mast and upper outer corner of a spritsail on sailing boats.
2. A shoot; a sprout.

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• (supporting spar in spritsail rig): bowsprit

sprit (third-person singular simple present sprits, present participle spritting, simple past and past participle spritted)

1. To sprout; to bud; to germinate, as barley steeped for malt.

Akin to German spritzen.

sprit (third-person singular simple present sprits, present participle spritting, simple past and past participle spritted)

1. To throw out with force from a narrow orifice; to eject; to spurt out.

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• Strip, TRIPS, spirt, stirp, strip, trips

From Latin spiritus, via French esprit

sprit m (definite singular spriten)

1. alcohol
2. spirit (spirits)

• rødsprit

• “sprit” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Latin spiritus, via French esprit

sprit m (definite singular spriten)

1. alcohol
2. spirit (spirits)

• raudsprit

• “sprit” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From French ésprit (compare English sprite), from Old French esprit, from Latin spiritus (“air, breath”).

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sprit c (uncountable)

1. spirits; liquor
2. alcohol in general, chiefly as a solvent

• (liquor): starksprit
• (solvent): spritpenna