Sprunt

Part of speech: noun (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.]

Part of speech: verb (v.)

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

Part of speech: adjective (a.)

Active; lively; vigorous. [Obs.] Kersey.