sprent · name — A locality in Central Coast Council, northern Tasmania, Australia.
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sprent is pronounced /spɹɛnt/.
Etymology
From Middle English sprenten, from Old Norse *sprenta (for later spretta), from Proto-Germanic *sprantijaną, causative of Proto-Germanic *sprintaną (“to jump up; bounce”), from Proto-Indo-European *sprend-, *sprendʰ- (“to flinch; jump”), from Proto-Indo-European *sper- (“to twitch; fidget; flinch; jump; be quick”). Cognate with Middle High German sprenzen (“to sprinkle; splash”), Swedish spritta (“to startle”), Icelandic spretta (“to spring forth; emerge; arise; develop”).
name
- A locality in Central Coast Council, northern Tasmania, Australia.
verb
- To leap; bound; move quickly; dart
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