springan

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *springan.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsprin.ɡɑn/, [ˈspriŋ.ɡɑn]

Verb

springan

to leap, bound
to burst forth (as a fluid), to spurt
to grow (as a plant)
to rise (as the sun)
to spread, be diffused

Conjugation

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Derived terms

ætspringan
āspringan
ġespringan
onspringan

Descendants

Middle English: spryngen, spring, springe, springen, springgen, springuen, sprinke, spryng, sprynge, spryngge, sprynggyn, sprynghe; sprinken
- English: spring; sprink
- Scots: spring

References

Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898), “springan”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Old Saxon

Alternative forms

sprengan

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *springan.

Verb

springan

to spring, to jump

Conjugation

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Descendants

Middle Low German: springen
- German Low German: springen

Swedish

Noun

springan

definite singular of springa

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