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 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 quotation)

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

Related terms

• sprytting

Descendants

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