Sprunt \Sprunt\, v. i. [Cf. Sprout, v. i.]

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.]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

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.]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

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

--Kersey.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)