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sprengan

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
sprengan, de
Wright's OE grammar
§530;
To cause to spring.
to scatter
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  • Ðú gaderast ðǽr ðú ne sprengdest (

    sparsisti

    ),
    • Mt. Kmbl. 25, 24.

  • His eágan wǽron spearcan sprengende,

    • Homl. Th. i. 466, 26.
to sprinkle,
an object with something
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  • Ðú spren[g]st Aaron and his reáf,

    • Ex. 29, 21.

  • Hé nam ðæt blód and sprengde ðæt folc,

    • 28, 8.
something on to an object
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  • Sprænge se mæssepreóst háligwæter ofer hig ealle,

    • L. Ath. iv. 7;
    • Th. i. 226, 23.

  • Genim ðás ylcan wyrte gesodene, sprengc intó ðam húse,

    • Lchdm. i. 264, 15.

  • Nime se sacerd his blód arid dyppe his finger ðǽron and sprenge on dæt ryft,

    • Lev. 4, 17, 6.
government uncertain
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  • Ðá ðá hé sprencde

    dum rorat,

    • Germ. 402, 43.
to burst, crack (cf. to spring a leak,sprung, applied to a bat)
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  • Hé sceáf mid ðam scylde, ðæt se sceaft tóbærst, and ðæt spere sprengde ( shivered the spear-head ), ðæt hit sprang ongeán,

    • Byrht. Th. 135, 52;
    • By. 137.
as a medical term, to apply a clyster
,
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v. spring,
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  • Ðæt mon on morgen on sprenge,

    • Lchdm. ii. 48, 24.
Etymology
[
Sprengeð on mid hali water,
  • A. R. 16, 9.
O. H. Ger.sprengenquassare, rorare
:
Ger.sprengen to burst, scatter, sprinkle
:
Icel. sprengja to burst
:
Dan.sprænge
:
Swed. spränga
.]
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v. á-, be-, ge-, geond-sprengan.
Linked entries
v.  sprængan.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “sprengan.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/28574.

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