sparren

• IPA^(key): /spɑrə(n)/

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• Rhymes: -ɑrən

From English spar.

sparren

1. to spar, to have a practice fight
2. to brainstorm, to exchange thoughts

   Synonyms: brainstormen, van gedachten uitwisselen

sparren

1. plural of spar

From Middle Dutch and Middle Low German sperren, alongside Old English gesparrian; ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *sparrijan, from Proto-Germanic *sparrijaną.

• spar, sparre, spare, sper, spere, speryn

• IPA^(key): /ˈsparən/, /ˈspaːrən/, /ˈspɛrən/, /ˈspɛːrən/

sparren

2. To close (to make closed):
   1. To lock; to bolt up.
   2. To buckle; to clasp up.
   3. To block; to seal up.
3. To hide or secrete; to store away:
   1. To confine; to imprison.
   2. To exclude; to expel.
4. To close (to become closed).

• English: spar
• Scots: spar

• “sparren, v.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
• “spē̆ren, v.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

From Old English sperran, spirran, spyrran, of unknown ultimate origin, perhaps related to Old Norse sperrask (“to kick out”). Or, a romance borrowing, from Middle French esparer (“to kick”), from old Italian sparare (“to fling”).^[1]

• sperren

• IPA^(key): /ˈsparən/, /ˈspɛrən/

sparren

2. To dart out; to strike out.

• English: spar

• “sparren, v.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
• “sperren, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

sparren

1. definite nominative singular of sparre