springe

springe

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /spɹɪnd͡ʒ/

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• Rhymes: -ɪndʒ

Etymology 1

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

Verb

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

1. (obsolete) To sprinkle; to scatter.
   • 1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Shipmans Prologue”, in The Canterbury Tales, [Westminster: William Caxton, published 1478], OCLC 230972125; republished in [William Thynne], editor, The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, […], [London]: […] [Richard Grafton for] Iohn Reynes […], 1542, OCLC 932884868:

     He wolden sowen som difficultee, / Or springen cockle in our clene corn.

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Etymology 2

Inherited from Middle English spreng, a variant of spring with the form of sprengen.

Noun

springe (plural springes)

1. (obsolete) A snare.
   • c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act I, scene iii], line 114:

     Ay, springes to catch woodcocks

   • 1614: The Odysses of Homer by George Chapman, book 23 line 594

     Look how a mavis, or a pigeòn, / In any grove caught with a springe or net […]

   • 1714: The Rape of the Lock by Alexander Pope, 2nd edn., canto 2 line 25

     With hairy Sprindges we the Birds betray

   • c. 1799, William Wordsworth, The Prelude, London: Moxon, 1850, Book 1, Introduction, p. 16,

     ’twas my joy / With store of springes o’er my shoulder hung / To range the open heights where woodcocks run / Along the smooth green turf.

Verb

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

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

Anagrams

• Persing, Spigner, pingers

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Alemannic German

Alternative forms

• schpringe

Etymology

From Middle High German springen, from Old High German springan, from Proto-Germanic *springaną. Cognate with German springen, Dutch springen, English spring, Icelandic springa.

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

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Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish springæ, from Old Norse springa, from Proto-Germanic *springaną, cognate with English spring and German springen.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈsb̥ʁɛŋə]

Verb

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

1. jump, leap, spring
2. run, spurt
3. burst, explode, go off

Inflection

Inflection of springe

	present	past
simple	springer	sprang
perfect	har sprunget	havde sprunget
passive	springes	—
participle	springende	sprunget
imperative	spring	—
infinitive	springe	—
auxiliary verb	have	—
gerund	springen	—

Further reading

• “springe” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “springe” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

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Dutch

Verb

springe

1. (archaic) singular present subjunctive of springen

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German

Pronunciation

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Verb

springe

1. inflection of springen:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. first/third-person singular subjunctive I
   3. singular imperative

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Hunsrik

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃpriŋə/

Verb

springe

1. to run
2. to jump

Further reading

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary

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Middle English

Noun

springe

1. Alternative form of spryng

Verb

springe

1. Alternative form of sprengen

Verb

springe

1. Alternative form of spryngen

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse springa.

Verb

springe (imperative spring, present tense springer, passive springes, simple past sprang, past participle sprunget, present participle springende)

1. to bound, jump, leap
2. to run
3. to blow up, burst, explode, (cork) pop
4. (liquids) to gush, spout, squirt
5. (flowers) to bud, open, bloom, blossom

Derived terms

• springbrett

References

• “springe” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “springe” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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

Derived terms

• springbrett

References

• “springe” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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West Frisian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsprɪŋə/

Verb

springe

1. to jump

Inflection

Strong class 3
infinitive	springe
3rd singular past	sprong
past participle	sprongen
infinitive	springe
long infinitive	springen
gerund	springen n
auxiliary	hawwe
indicative	present tense	past tense
1st singular	spring	sprong
2nd singular	springst	sprongst
3rd singular	springt	sprong
plural	springe	sprongen
imperative	spring
participles	springend	sprongen

Further reading

• “springe”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011