sprengan

sprengan

Old English

Alternative forms

• sprenċġan, sprængan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈspreŋɡɑn/

Verb

sprengan

1. (transitive, accusative) to scatter something
   • 1921, Joseph Bosworth & Thomas Northcote Toller, Bosworth-Toller Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online

     His ēagan wǣron spearcan sprengende.

     His eyes were scattering sparks.

2. (transitive, accusative) to sprinkle something (onto or over something else) (+ on, intō, ofer with dative or accusative)
   • 1921, Joseph Bosworth & Thomas Northcote Toller, Bosworth-Toller Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online

     Sprænge se mæsseprēost hāligwæter ofer hig ealle.

     The priest sprinkle holy water over them all.

   • 1921, Joseph Bosworth & Thomas Northcote Toller, Bosworth-Toller Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online

     Genim ðās ylcan wyrte gesodene, spreng intō ðam hūse.

     Take (thee) up these same herbs (that have become) boiled/sodden, and sprinkle (them) into the house.

3. (intransitive) to burst apart, splinter
   • 1921, Joseph Bosworth & Thomas Northcote Toller, Bosworth-Toller Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online

     Hē scēaf mid ðam scylde, ðæt se sceaft tōbærst, and ðæt spere sprengde, ðæt hit sprang ongēan.

     He shoved with his shield, the shaft burst in twain, and the spear splintered so that it sprang back.

4. (medicine) to apply an enema or a suppository

Conjugation

Conjugation of sprengan (weak class 1)

infinitive	sprengan	tō sprengenne
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	sprenge	sprengde
2nd-person singular	sprengest	sprengdest
3rd-person singular	sprengeþ	sprengde
plural	sprengaþ	sprengdon
subjunctive	present	past
singular	sprenge	sprengde
plural	sprengen	sprengden
imperative
singular	spreng
plural	sprengaþ
participle	present	past
	sprengende	(ġe)sprenged

Derived terms

• ġeondsprengan

Descendants

• Middle English: sprengen
  • English: spreng, springe
  • Scots: spreing, spraing

References

• Bosworth-Toller Anglo-Saxon Dictionary