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English
Verb
sprong
- (archaic) simple past and past participle of spring
c. 1587–1588, [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. The First Part , 2nd edition, part 1, London: Richard Iones, , published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire, London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act II, scene ii:Like to the cruel brothers of the earth,
Sprong of the teeth of Dragons venemous,
Their careleſſe ſwords ſhal lanch their fellows throats
And make vs triumph in their ouerthrow.
Anagrams
Dutch
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch sprong, from Old Dutch sprunc, from Proto-West Germanic ; cognate with German Sprung. An ablauted (zero-grade) verbal noun of springen (“to jump, leap”).
Noun
sprong m (plural sprongen, diminutive sprongetje n)
- jump, leap
Derived terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
sprong
- singular past indicative of springen
Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronunciation
Verb
sprong
- (dialectal) alternative form of sprang; past tense of springa
1647, “LAnte oster Kraakelund”, in Den fyrste morgonblånen, Oslo: Novus, published 1990, page 42: