springan

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *springan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsprin.ɡɑn/, [ˈspriŋ.ɡɑn]

Verb

springan

1. to leap, bound
2. to burst forth (as a fluid), to spurt
   • c. 1000, Beowulf, ll. 2966-7:

     ...for swenge swat ædrum sprong
     forð under fexe.
     ...for the swing, the blood from his veins sprang
     forth under his hair.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

3. to grow (as a plant)
4. to rise (as the sun)
5. to spread, be diffused

Conjugation

Conjugation of springan (strong, class III)

infinitive	springan	springenne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	springe	sprang
second person singular	springst	sprunge
third person singular	springþ	sprang
plural	springaþ	sprungon
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	springe	sprunge
plural	springen	sprungen
imperative
singular	spring
plural	springaþ
participle	present	past
	springende	(ġe)sprungen

Derived terms

• ætspringan
• āspringan
• ġespringan
• onspringan

Descendants

• Middle English: spryngen
  • English: spring; sprink
  • Scots: spring

Further reading

• Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “springan”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary (in Old English), second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Old Saxon

Alternative forms

• sprengan

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *springan.

Verb

springan

1. to spring, to jump

Conjugation

Conjugation of springan (strong class 3)

infinitive	springan
indicative	present	past
1st person singular	springu	sprang
2nd person singular	springis	sprungi
3rd person singular	springid	sprang
plural	springad	sprungun
subjunctive	present	past
1st person singular	springe	sprungi
2nd person singular	springes	sprungis
3rd person singular	springe	sprungi
plural	springen	sprungin
imperative	present
singular	spring
plural	springad
participle	present	past
	springandi	gisprungan, sprungan

Descendants

• Middle Low German: springen
  • German Low German: springen
  • Plautdietsch: sprinjen

Swedish

Noun

springan

1. definite singular of springa