\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.]

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