spryngen
Middle English edit
Alternative forms edit
- spring, springe, springen, springgen, springuen, sprinke, spryng, sprynge, spryngge, sprynggyn, sprynghe
- sprinken (Early Middle English)
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old English springan, from Proto-West Germanic *springan, from Proto-Germanic *springaną; equivalent to spryng + -en (infinitival suffix). Compare sprengen.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
spryngen (third-person singular simple present spryngeth, present participle spryngynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative sprang, past participle sprongen)
- To spring (burst forth, shoot out):
- (by extension) To grow, emerge or develop:
- To move with great speed or energy; to dash:
- To become or cause to become diffused; to spread.
- To happen or occur; to come to be.
- To break into pieces; to fall apart.
- (rare, of the heart) To skip a beat.
- (rare) To promote or honour; to make exalted.
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of spryngen (strong class 3)
1Replaced by the indicative in later Middle English.
2Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
References edit
- “springen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.