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Middle English
- spring, springe, springen, springgen, springuen, sprinke, spryng, sprynge, spryngge, sprynggyn, sprynghe
- sprinken (Early Middle English)
Etymology
Inherited from Old English springan, from Proto-West Germanic *springan, from Proto-Germanic *springaną; equivalent to spryng + -en (infinitival suffix). Compare sprengen.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsprinɡən/, /ˈsprinkən/
Verb
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):
- To issue or gush (water from a water source)
- (of plants) To grow, sprout, or bear fruit or flowers.
- (by extension) To grow, emerge or develop:
- (of the sun) To rise; to emerge or appear.
- (of waves) To overflow or flood; to utterly envelop.
- To move with great speed or energy; to dash:
- To spring (jump with great speed or energy).
- To shoot or spurt out; to emerge suddenly and quickly.
- To spring back; to return from a force.
- To become or cause to become diffused; to spread.
- To become or cause to become known or disseminated.
- To establish or normalise; to become or make normal.
- To sprinkle or asperse; to spread in small drops or bits.
- 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
infinitive
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(to) spryngen, sprynge
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present tense
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past tense
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1st-person singular
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sprynge
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sprang
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2nd-person singular
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spryngest
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sprange, sprange, sprang
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3rd-person singular
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spryngeth
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sprang
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subjunctive singular
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sprynge
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sprange1, sprange1
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imperative singular
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—
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plural2
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spryngen, sprynge
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sprangen, sprange, sprangen, sprange
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imperative plural
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spryngeth, sprynge
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—
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participles
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spryngynge, spryngende
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sprongen, spronge, ysprongen, yspronge
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1Replaced by the indicative in later Middle English.
2Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
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