An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language / in which the words are explained in their different senses, authorized by the names of the writers by whom they are used, or the titles of the works in which they occur, and deduced from their originals

by John Jamieson

A. Douglas.

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.

SPRETE, s. Spirit.
Douglas.