spryttan

Old English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈsprytan/

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 7 sæd wyrcende, 7 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 quote)
  2. (transitive) to put forth the shoot

Conjugation
Conjugation of spryttan (weak class 1)
infinitive spryttan tō spryttenne
indicative present past
1st-person singular sprytte sprytte
2nd-person singular sprytst spryttest
3rd-person singular spryt,sprytteþ sprytte
plural spryttaþ sprytton
subjunctive present past
singular sprytte sprytte
plural sprytten sprytten
imperative
singular sprytt
plural spryttaþ
participle present past
spryttende (ġe)sprytt

Derived terms
  • āspryttan
  • sprytting

Descendants
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