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spry
1746, dialectal, perhaps a shortening and alteration of
sprightly,
or from a Scand. source (cf. O.N.
sprękr
, dialectal Swed.
sprygg
"brisk, active"), from P.Gmc.
*sprek-,
from PIE
*(s)preg-
"to jerk, scatter" (see
sparse
).
