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springan

  • verb [ strong ]
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Grammar
springan, p. sprang, pl. sprungon; pp. sprungen
Wright's OE grammar
§317; §318; §498;
To spring.
to leap, bound
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  • Ðæt cild on sprang

    the babe leaped in her womb

    (Lk.
      1, 41), Blickl. Homl. 165, 29.
  • Hrá wíde sprong, syþðan hé drepe þrowade,

      Beo. Th. 3181; B. 1588.
to burst forth, of a fluid to spirt, of sparks, etc.,
to fly
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  • Ðæt spere sprang ongeán

    the spear-head sprang out again (under the pressure of the shield ),

      Byrht. Th. 135, 53; By. 137.
  • Leád wíde sprong

    the drops of boiling lead flew far,

      Exon. Th. 277, 24; Jul. 585.
  • Swát ǽdrum sprong

    the blood spirted from the veins,

      Beo. Th. 5925; B. 2966.
  • Wíde sprungon hildeleóman,

      5158; B. 2582.
  • Sprungon spearcan of ðam múðe,

      Shrn. 120, 26.
to grow as a plant
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  • Swá swá of ánum treówe springaþ manega bogas, swá gáþ of ánre lufe manega óðre mihta,

      Homl. Th. ii. 314, 22.
  • Hig hrædlíce up sprungon, for ðam ðe hig næfdon ðære eorðan dýpan,

      Mt. Kmbl. 13, 5.
to rise as the sun, cf. spring,
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  • Up sprungenre sunnan

    sole orto,

      Mt. Kmbl. 13, 6.
to move as a spring moves
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  • Þeáh ðú teó hwelcne boh ofdúne tó ðære eorþan, swá ðú hine álǽtst, swá sprincþ hé up. Bt. 25; Fox 88, 24.
to spread, be diffused
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  • Ða wíde springaþ

    crebrescunt,

      Hpt. Gl. 517, 4.
  • Wíde springaþ, wídmérsiaþ,

      471, 16.
  • Ðes hlísa sprang (spranc, Lind.)ofer eall ðæt land

    exiit fama haec in universam terram illam,

      Mt. Kmbl. 9, 26.
  • Sprang ł foerde

    processit,

      Mk. Skt. Rush. 1, 28: Beo. Th. 36; B. 18: Apstls. Kmbl. 12; Ap. 6.
  • Ða sprang ðæt word

    the report spread,

      Homl. Th. i. 384, 8: Ap. Th. 25, 13.
  • Wíde springende

    crebrescens,

      Hpt. Gl. 519, 37: 513, 21.
Etymology
[O. Sax. springan to spring as blood from a wound: O. Frs. springa: O. H. Ger. springan to spring as water: Icel. springa to burst, crack.]
Similar entries
v. á-, æt-, ge-, geond-, on-, tó-springan.
Linked entries
v.  sprincan.
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