† sproten.¹

Forms:

α. Old English sprota, Middle English 1800s sprote, 1800s sprawt, 1800s sproat, 1800s sprooat.

β. Old English 1700s–1800s sprot, Middle English sprotte.

Origin: A word inherited from Germanic.

Etymology: Cognate with Middle Dutch sprote , sporte rung of a ladder (Dutch sport ), Old Saxon gisprot scion, Middle Low German sprōte , sprāte shoot, scion, rung of a ladder, Old High German sprozzo rung of a ladder (Middle High German sprozze , German Sprosse ), Old Icelandic sproti sprout, twig, stick, rod, Old Swedish sprot rod, slender pole < the same Germanic base as sprout v.¹In Old English apparently inflecting as a weak masculine (sprota ) or strong neuter (sprot ). The later α. forms reflect Middle English lengthening of originally short o in open syllables. With sense 2 compare etymologically related Old English (plural) sprytlan (see sprittle n.).

Obsolete (Scottish and English regional (chiefly northern) after Middle English).

a. A shoot; a twig; a rod. Also figurative.In quot. eOE apparently denoting a twig cut and shaped as a peg or treenail.

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

eOE Cleopatra Gloss. in W. G. Stryker Lat.-Old Eng. Gloss. in MS Cotton Cleopatra A.III (Ph.D. diss., Stanford Univ.) (1951) 129 Clauus, nægl oððe sprota.

OE Aldhelm Glosses (Digby 146) in A. S. Napier Old Eng. Glosses (1900) 54/2 [Letiferas necromantiae] labruscas : sprotu, sprancan.

c1300 Havelok (Laud) (1868) l. 1142 (MED) I ne haue hws, y ne haue cote, Ne I ne haue stikke, y ne haue sprote.

a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. ii. 20 I wold that it were in thi throte, Fyr, and shefe, and ich a sprote.

1736 (?c1450) Noah's Ark in N. Davis Non-cycle Plays & Fragm. (1970) 21 For I have neither Ryff nor Ruff, Spyer, Sprund, Spront, no Sprot [rhyme boat].

b. A piece of brushwood. Chiefly in plural.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > part of plant > part of tree or woody plant > [noun] > bough or branch > twig > twigs or spray

riceeOE

sproteOE

spray1297

spraya1300

greavesc1385

browse?1523

fruz1693

witch knot1806

plica1829

rowel1869

twiggery1909

twiggage1923

OE Aldhelm Glosses (Brussels 1650) in L. Goossens Old Eng. Glosses of MS Brussels, Royal Libr. 1650 (1974) 343 [In clibanum plurimo] sarmentorum [fomite succensum] : sprotena.

a1425 Medulla Gram. (Stonyhurst) f. 54^v Quisquilie, sprottes, of halle [read offalle; a1500 Harl. 1738 offal or refus and shyppys, a1500 Canterbury sprottys or refuse or stubbys medlyd with stykkes and drye levys or small chaff].

1818 J. Hogg Brownie of Bodsbeck II. 333 I shall fling a sprot to the lowe.

1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. Sprot..2. The end of a grain, or a branch blown from a growing tree, in consequence of high winds.

1854 A. E. Baker Gloss. Northants. Words II. 279 Sprawts or Sproats, small twigs.

1876 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Words Whitby Sprooats, small sticks or twigs.

2. A chip, splinter, or sliver.In early use only recorded in the phrase in (also into, on) sprotes: in pieces, apart.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > shape > condition of being long in relation to breadth > [noun] > long narrow piece > cut or split off

spoonc725

spillc1300

sliverc1374

splinter1398

sprotea1400

speelc1440

spelkc1440

splinderc1440

spilderc1475

spalea1500

spelcha1605

the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > [noun] > a separate part > a fragment > shaving or chip

chipa1393

sprotea1400

chipping?c1400

spallc1440

clipping1461

spalea1500

chiplet1873

paint chip1891

a1400 Siege Jerusalem (Laud) (1932) l. 553 (MED) Spakly her speres on sprotes þey ȝeden.

?a1425 (c1400) Mandeville's Trav. (Titus C.xvi) (1919) 156 The tronchouns flen in sprotes & peces all aboute the halle.

c1540 (?a1400) Gest Historiale Destr. Troy (2002) f. 90 Speiris into sprottes spronge ouer hede.

1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. Sprot,..3. A chip of wood, flying from the tool of a carpenter.

Compounds

sprote-wood n. brushwood.

ΚΠ

1847 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words II. at Sprotes Small wood or sticks for firing is still called sprote-wood.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

† sproten.²

Origin: Probably a borrowing from Middle Low German. Etymon: Middle Low German sprōte.

Etymology: Probably < Middle Low German sprōte (also in diminutive forms sprōtele , sprūtele ), related to early modern German sprusse and the second element of German Sommersprosse , and also (although the phonology presents unresolved difficulties) Middle Dutch sproete , sprut , spruet , sprute (Dutch sproet ); probably related to German spritzen spritz v., and hence ultimately to sprout v.¹The form isproted in quot. a1500 for sproted adj. at Derivatives shows prefixation in y- prefix; compare similar forms at freckled adj. (with which the word is collocated in the example).

Obsolete.

A spot, a freckle.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > blemish > [noun] > spot or mark > freckle

freckenc1386

frecklec1400

lentigoc1400

specklec1440

sprote?c1450

fernticle1483

mase1527

chit1552

lentils1558

summerfold1668

summer spot1685

form-speckle1702

ephelis1756

heat-spot1822

?c1450 in G. Müller Aus Mittelengl. Medizintexten (1929) 130 (MED) A good watir to purgyn a mannys face of sprotys.

Derivatives

sproted adj. spotted.

ΘΠ

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > soiled condition > [adjective] > spotted

spotty1340

specky1382

splecked1382

splecky1398

spotteda1425

sproteda1500

motey1786

bespotted-

a1500 ( J. Yonge tr. Secreta Secret. (Rawl.) (1898) 233 Eyen that bene whit y-freklet, or I-sprotid, or blake.

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

单词	sprote
释义	† sproten.¹ Forms: α. Old English sprota, Middle English 1800s sprote, 1800s sprawt, 1800s sproat, 1800s sprooat. β. Old English 1700s–1800s sprot, Middle English sprotte. Origin: A word inherited from Germanic. Etymology: Cognate with Middle Dutch sprote , sporte rung of a ladder (Dutch sport ), Old Saxon gisprot scion, Middle Low German sprōte , sprāte shoot, scion, rung of a ladder, Old High German sprozzo rung of a ladder (Middle High German sprozze , German Sprosse ), Old Icelandic sproti sprout, twig, stick, rod, Old Swedish sprot rod, slender pole < the same Germanic base as sprout v.¹In Old English apparently inflecting as a weak masculine (sprota ) or strong neuter (sprot ). The later α. forms reflect Middle English lengthening of originally short o in open syllables. With sense 2 compare etymologically related Old English (plural) sprytlan (see sprittle n.). Obsolete (Scottish and English regional (chiefly northern) after Middle English). 1. a. A shoot; a twig; a rod. Also figurative.In quot. eOE apparently denoting a twig cut and shaped as a peg or treenail. 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 eOE Cleopatra Gloss. in W. G. Stryker Lat.-Old Eng. Gloss. in MS Cotton Cleopatra A.III (Ph.D. diss., Stanford Univ.) (1951) 129 Clauus, nægl oððe sprota. OE Aldhelm Glosses (Digby 146) in A. S. Napier Old Eng. Glosses (1900) 54/2 [Letiferas necromantiae] labruscas : sprotu, sprancan. c1300 Havelok (Laud) (1868) l. 1142 (MED) I ne haue hws, y ne haue cote, Ne I ne haue stikke, y ne haue sprote. a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. ii. 20 I wold that it were in thi throte, Fyr, and shefe, and ich a sprote. 1736 (?c1450) Noah's Ark in N. Davis Non-cycle Plays & Fragm. (1970) 21 For I have neither Ryff nor Ruff, Spyer, Sprund, Spront, no Sprot [rhyme boat]. b. A piece of brushwood. Chiefly in plural. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > part of tree or woody plant > [noun] > bough or branch > twig > twigs or spray riceeOE sproteOE spray1297 spraya1300 greavesc1385 browse?1523 fruz1693 witch knot1806 plica1829 rowel1869 twiggery1909 twiggage1923 OE Aldhelm Glosses (Brussels 1650) in L. Goossens Old Eng. Glosses of MS Brussels, Royal Libr. 1650 (1974) 343 [In clibanum plurimo] sarmentorum [fomite succensum] : sprotena. a1425 Medulla Gram. (Stonyhurst) f. 54^v Quisquilie, sprottes, of halle [read offalle; a1500 Harl. 1738 offal or refus and shyppys, a1500 Canterbury sprottys or refuse or stubbys medlyd with stykkes and drye levys or small chaff]. 1818 J. Hogg Brownie of Bodsbeck II. 333 I shall fling a sprot to the lowe. 1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. Sprot..2. The end of a grain, or a branch blown from a growing tree, in consequence of high winds. 1854 A. E. Baker Gloss. Northants. Words II. 279 Sprawts or Sproats, small twigs. 1876 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Words Whitby Sprooats, small sticks or twigs. 2. A chip, splinter, or sliver.In early use only recorded in the phrase in (also into, on) sprotes: in pieces, apart. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > condition of being long in relation to breadth > [noun] > long narrow piece > cut or split off spoonc725 spillc1300 sliverc1374 splinter1398 sprotea1400 speelc1440 spelkc1440 splinderc1440 spilderc1475 spalea1500 spelcha1605 the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > [noun] > a separate part > a fragment > shaving or chip chipa1393 sprotea1400 chipping?c1400 spallc1440 clipping1461 spalea1500 chiplet1873 paint chip1891 a1400 Siege Jerusalem (Laud) (1932) l. 553 (MED) Spakly her speres on sprotes þey ȝeden. ?a1425 (c1400) Mandeville's Trav. (Titus C.xvi) (1919) 156 The tronchouns flen in sprotes & peces all aboute the halle. c1540 (?a1400) Gest Historiale Destr. Troy (2002) f. 90 Speiris into sprottes spronge ouer hede. 1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. Sprot,..3. A chip of wood, flying from the tool of a carpenter. Compounds sprote-wood n. brushwood. ΚΠ 1847 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words II. at Sprotes Small wood or sticks for firing is still called sprote-wood. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † sproten.² Origin: Probably a borrowing from Middle Low German. Etymon: Middle Low German sprōte. Etymology: Probably < Middle Low German sprōte (also in diminutive forms sprōtele , sprūtele ), related to early modern German sprusse and the second element of German Sommersprosse , and also (although the phonology presents unresolved difficulties) Middle Dutch sproete , sprut , spruet , sprute (Dutch sproet ); probably related to German spritzen spritz v., and hence ultimately to sprout v.¹The form isproted in quot. a1500 for sproted adj. at Derivatives shows prefixation in y- prefix; compare similar forms at freckled adj. (with which the word is collocated in the example). Obsolete. A spot, a freckle. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > blemish > [noun] > spot or mark > freckle freckenc1386 frecklec1400 lentigoc1400 specklec1440 sprote?c1450 fernticle1483 mase1527 chit1552 lentils1558 summerfold1668 summer spot1685 form-speckle1702 ephelis1756 heat-spot1822 ?c1450 in G. Müller Aus Mittelengl. Medizintexten (1929) 130 (MED) A good watir to purgyn a mannys face of sprotys. Derivatives sproted adj. spotted. ΘΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > soiled condition > [adjective] > spotted spotty1340 specky1382 splecked1382 splecky1398 spotteda1425 sproteda1500 motey1786 bespotted- a1500 ( J. Yonge tr. Secreta Secret. (Rawl.) (1898) 233 Eyen that bene whit y-freklet, or I-sprotid, or blake. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.¹eOEn.²?c1450
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† sproten.1

Compounds

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Derivatives

† sproten.¹

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