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==Etymology==
− It is probably an alteration of Middle English sprenten, to leap, spring (before 1325),^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline) from a Scandinavian source: compare [[bor|non|spretta|t=to jump up, spurt]] and dialectal Swedish sprinta, to jump, hop.^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024)^(Hoad 1986) Barnhart relates these to Old English spyrd, race course, and Sanskrit spárdhate, he contends.^(Barnhart 1988) Hoad calls its ultimate origin unknown.^(Hoad 1986)
+ It is probably an alteration of [[enm|sprenten]], to leap, spring (before 1325),^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline) from a Scandinavian source: compare [[bor|non|spretta|t=to jump up, spurt]] and dialectal [[sv|sprinta]], to jump, hop.^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024)^(Hoad 1986) Barnhart relates these to [[ang|spyrd]], race course, and Sanskrit spárdhate, he contends.^(Barnhart 1988) Hoad calls its ultimate origin unknown.^(Hoad 1986)
==Earliest recorded meaning==