† spronkn.

Forms: Old English spranca, Old English spranga (perhaps transmission error), Middle English spronke, 1800s sprong, 1800s spronk.

Origin: Of uncertain origin.

Etymology: Origin uncertain. Perhaps < a variant (with nasal infix) of the same Germanic base as Old English spræc shoot, sprig, slip (of a plant), Icelandic sprak small piece of wood, twigs, splinters, cuttings, also Middle Dutch sproc twig, stick (Dutch regional sprok), Middle Low German sprok brushwood, and (with different ablaut grade) Old Icelandic sprek stick, of uncertain origin.

Obsolete.

1. A shoot or sprout. Also figurative.In quot. OE² translating classical Latin stirps, which has senses including ‘(tree) stem, (woody) plant, tree stump’. Cf. sense 2.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > part of plant > shoot, sprout, or branch > [noun]

sproteeOE

wiseOE

spronkOE

wrideOE

brodc1175

wanda1300

breerc1320

scion?c1335

spraya1387

spriga1398

springa1400

sprouta1400

spiringc1400

shoota1450

youngling1559

forth-growing1562

spirk1565

sprouting1578

surcle1578

chive1583

chit1601

spurt1601

sprit1622

germen1628

spurge1630

spirt1634

brairding1637

springet1640

set1658

shrubble1674

underling1688

sobolesa1722

branchlet1731

springlet1749

sproutling1749

sprang1847

shootlet1889

OE Antwerp-London Gloss. (2011) 87 Plante, treowes sprancan.

OE Antwerp-London Gloss. (2011) 79 Stirps, styb uel spranca.

OE Aldhelm Glosses (Brussels 1650) in L. Goossens Old Eng. Glosses of MS Brussels, Royal Libr. 1650 (1974) 277 Loetiferas necromantię labruscas : mortiferas, galdres spræcu, [left margin] deadbære sprancan [OE Digby 146 sprotu, sprancan].

tr. Palladius De re Rustica (Duke Humfrey) (1896) xii. l. 116 After dayes vij vp hem [sc. pechis] take; By thenne out wol a spronke of hem be lette Vppon the shelle.

2. English regional (south-eastern). The root or stump of something, as a tree or a tooth.

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the world > plants > part of plant > part of tree or woody plant > [noun] > stump

stock862

moreeOE

stub967

zuche1358

stumpc1440

scrag1567

stool1577

brock1772

stow1774

hagsnar1796

stab1807

spronk1838

tree stool1898

the world > life > the body > digestive or excretive organs > digestive organs > mouth > types or spec. teeth > [noun] > broken or irregular

stumpc1430

snag1617

snag-tooth1655

snaggle-tooth1820

snaggle1823

spronk1838

snaggle-tusk1922

1838 W. Holloway Gen. Dict. Provincialisms Sprong or Spronk, the stump of a tree or tooth. E. Sussex.

1875 W. D. Parish Dict. Sussex Dial. Sprong, e[ast Sussex] or Spronk, m[id Sussex], the roots of a tree or a tooth.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	spronk
释义	† spronkn. Forms: Old English spranca, Old English spranga (perhaps transmission error), Middle English spronke, 1800s sprong, 1800s spronk. Origin: Of uncertain origin. Etymology: Origin uncertain. Perhaps < a variant (with nasal infix) of the same Germanic base as Old English spræc shoot, sprig, slip (of a plant), Icelandic sprak small piece of wood, twigs, splinters, cuttings, also Middle Dutch sproc twig, stick (Dutch regional sprok), Middle Low German sprok brushwood, and (with different ablaut grade) Old Icelandic sprek stick, of uncertain origin. Obsolete. 1. A shoot or sprout. Also figurative.In quot. OE² translating classical Latin stirps, which has senses including ‘(tree) stem, (woody) plant, tree stump’. Cf. sense 2. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > shoot, sprout, or branch > [noun] sproteeOE wiseOE spronkOE wrideOE brodc1175 wanda1300 breerc1320 scion?c1335 spraya1387 spriga1398 springa1400 sprouta1400 spiringc1400 shoota1450 youngling1559 forth-growing1562 spirk1565 sprouting1578 surcle1578 chive1583 chit1601 spurt1601 sprit1622 germen1628 spurge1630 spirt1634 brairding1637 springet1640 set1658 shrubble1674 underling1688 sobolesa1722 branchlet1731 springlet1749 sproutling1749 sprang1847 shootlet1889 OE Antwerp-London Gloss. (2011) 87 Plante, treowes sprancan. OE Antwerp-London Gloss. (2011) 79 Stirps, styb uel spranca. OE Aldhelm Glosses (Brussels 1650) in L. Goossens Old Eng. Glosses of MS Brussels, Royal Libr. 1650 (1974) 277 Loetiferas necromantię labruscas : mortiferas, galdres spræcu, [left margin] deadbære sprancan [OE Digby 146 sprotu, sprancan]. tr. Palladius De re Rustica (Duke Humfrey) (1896) xii. l. 116 After dayes vij vp hem [sc. pechis] take; By thenne out wol a spronke of hem be lette Vppon the shelle. 2. English regional (south-eastern). The root or stump of something, as a tree or a tooth. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > part of tree or woody plant > [noun] > stump stock862 moreeOE stub967 zuche1358 stumpc1440 scrag1567 stool1577 brock1772 stow1774 hagsnar1796 stab1807 spronk1838 tree stool1898 the world > life > the body > digestive or excretive organs > digestive organs > mouth > types or spec. teeth > [noun] > broken or irregular stumpc1430 snag1617 snag-tooth1655 snaggle-tooth1820 snaggle1823 spronk1838 snaggle-tusk1922 1838 W. Holloway Gen. Dict. Provincialisms Sprong or Spronk, the stump of a tree or tooth. E. Sussex. 1875 W. D. Parish Dict. Sussex Dial. Sprong, e[ast Sussex] or Spronk, m[id Sussex], the roots of a tree or a tooth. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.OE
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