Part 810 (1/2)

SPREITH, SPRETH, SPRAITH, SPREATH, SPREICH, _s._ Prey, booty.

_Douglas._

_To_ ~Spreith~, ~Spreth~, _v. a._ To plunder.

V. ~Spraigherie~.

_Wyntown._

SPRENT, _part. pa._ Sprinkled.

_Douglas._

A. S. _spreng-an_, spargere.

SPRENT, _pret. v._

1. Sprung.

_Douglas._

2. Ran, darted forth.

_Barbour._

3. Rose up, ascended.

_Douglas._

A. S. _spring-an_, to spring.

~Sprent~, _s._

1. A leap.

_Douglas._

2. The elastic force of any thing, S.

3. Any elastic body, S.

4. The clasp of iron that fastens down the lid of a chest or trunk, S.

_Trans. Antiq. S. Edin._

The back-bone is called the _back-sprent_, S.