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Old English
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Etymology
Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *sprangijan, from Proto-Germanic *sprangijaną.
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Verb
sprenġan
- (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.
- (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.
- (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.
- (medicine) to apply an enema or a suppository
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