What is "sprunt"

Sprunt \Sprunt\, n.

1. Anything short and stiff. [Obs.]

2. A leap; a spring. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]

3. A steep ascent in a road. [Prov. Eng.]

Sprunt \Sprunt\, a. Active; lively; vigorous. [Obs.]
--Kersey.

Sprunt \Sprunt\ (spr[u^]nt), v. i. [Cf. Sprout, v. i.] To spring up; to germinate; to spring forward or outward.

To sprunt up, to draw one's self up suddenly, as in anger or defiance; to bristle up. [Local, U.S.]

1. (context obsolete English) active; lively; vigorous. n. 1 (context obsolete English) any short, stiff object. 2 (context obsolete UK dialect English) A leap; a spring. 3 A steep ascent in a road. v

2. (context obsolete English) To spring up; to germinate.