springe

Alternative forms

• spreng

Etymology

From Middle English sprengen, from Old English sprengen, sprenċġan, from Proto-Germanic *sprangijaną (“to cause to spring”). See sprinkle.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /spɹɪnd͡ʒ/
• Rhymes: -ɪndʒ

Verb

springe (third-person singular simple present springes, present participle springing or springeing, simple past springed, past participle springed or sprent)

1. (obsolete) To sprinkle; to scatter.
   • Chaucer

     He would sowen some difficulty, / Or springen cockle in our cleane corn.

2. (transitive) To catch in a springe; to ensnare.

Noun

springe (plural springes)

1. (obsolete) snare
   • 1602 : Hamlet by William Shakespeare, act 1 scene 3 line 114

     Ay, springes to catch woodcocks

Anagrams

• Persing, Spigner, pingers

Alternative forms

• schpringe

Verb

springe (third-person singular simple present springt, past participle gsprunge, auxiliary sii)

1. to run
2. to jump, leap
   • 1902, Robert Walser, Der Teich:

     Bisch du de nit ids Wasser gschprunge?

     So you didn't jump into the water?

3. to burst

Etymology

From Old Danish springæ, from Old Norse springa, from Proto-Germanic *springaną, from Proto-Indo-European *spr̥g̑h.

Verb

springe (imperative spring, present springer, past sprang, past participle sprunget, sprungen or sprungne)

1. jump, leap, spring
2. vault
3. bound
4. frisk, jump about
5. run
6. pop
7. scarper
8. back out
9. bounce
10. gush, spurt, play
11. break, snap,
12. burst, explode, go off

Verb

springe

1. (archaic) singular present subjunctive of springen

Verb

springe

1. First-person singular present of springen.
2. First-person singular subjunctive I of springen.
3. Third-person singular subjunctive I of springen.
4. Imperative singular of springen.

Alternative forms

• springa (a infinitive)

Etymology

From Old Norse springa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²sprɪŋːə/

Verb

springe (present tense spring, past tense sprang, past participle sprunge, passive infinitive springast, present participle springande, imperative spring)

1. to run
2. to leap, jump
3. to burst open

References

• “springe” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Etymology

From Old Frisian springa, from Proto-Germanic *springaną.

Verb

springe

1. to jump