springe
English edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
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 edit
springe (third-person singular simple present springes, present participle springing or springeing, simple past and past participle springed)
Etymology 2 edit
Inherited from Middle English spreng, a variant of spring with the form of sprengen.
Noun edit
springe (plural springes)
- (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, [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[1], London: Moxon, published 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 edit
springe (third-person singular simple present springes, present participle springing or springeing, simple past and past participle springed)
- (transitive) To catch in a springe; to ensnare.
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Alemannic German edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
springe (third-person singular simple present springt, past participle gsprunge, auxiliary sii)
- to run
- to jump, leap
- 1902, Robert Walser, Der Teich:
- Bisch du de nit ids Wasser gschprunge?
- So you didn't jump into the water?
- to burst
Danish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Danish springæ, from Old Norse springa, from Proto-Germanic *springaną, cognate with English spring and German springen.
Pronunciation edit
IPA(key): [ˈsb̥ʁeŋə], [ˈsb̥ʁɛŋə]
Verb edit
springe (imperative spring, present springer, past sprang, past participle sprunget, sprungen or sprungne)
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Further reading edit
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springe
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Audio (file)
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springe
- inflection of springen:
Hunsrik edit
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springe
Conjugation edit
Regular | ||
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infinitive | springe | |
participle | gesprung | |
auxiliary | hon | |
present indicative |
imperative | |
ich | springe | — |
du | springst | spring |
er/sie/es | springd | — |
meer | springe | — |
deer | springd | springd |
sie | springe | — |
The use of the present participle is uncommon, but can be made with the suffix -end. |
Further reading edit
Middle English edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
springe
- Alternative form of spryng
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
springe
- Alternative form of sprengen
Etymology 3 edit
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springe
- Alternative form of spryngen
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
Verb edit
springe (imperative spring, present tense springer, passive springes, simple past sprang, past participle sprunget, present participle springende)
- to bound, jump, leap
- to run
- to blow up, burst, explode, (cork) pop
- (liquids) to gush, spout, squirt
- (flowers) to bud, open, bloom, blossom
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Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Alternative forms edit
- springa (a infinitive)
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
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springe (present tense spring, past tense sprang, past participle sprunge, passive infinitive springast, present participle springande, imperative spring)
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “springe” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
West Frisian edit
Etymology edit
From Old Frisian springa, from Proto-Germanic *springaną.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
springe
- to jump
Inflection edit
Strong class 3 | ||||
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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 edit
- “springe”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011