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spring

  • noun [ masculineneuter ]
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Grammar
spring, spryng, es; m. (but eá-spring; n. )
a source of water
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  • Spring

    casta (castalia? ),

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 129, 31.

  • Æt ðæs wæteres sprynge,

      Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 389, 7.
v. ǽ-, eá-, ge-, will-spring.
a springing, rising, spring in day- spring, v. up-spring.
what springs up
or from.
v. of-spring.
as a medical term,
an ulcer, a sore, pustule
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  • Spryng carbunculus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 102, 46: 13, 11: papula, 116, 22. Carbunculus spring vel angset

    vel pustula,

    i.
      19, 19.

  • Tó sealfe wið springe,

      Lchdm. ii. 80, 8.
  • Wið ðæt man wille spring on gesittan, i. 2, 19.

  • Láðlíc biþ ðæs hreóflian líc mid menigfealdum springum and geswelle,

      Homl. Th. i. 122, 22: 336, 33.

  • Wið uncúðe springas ðe on líchoman ácennede beóþ,

      Lchdm. i. 150, 14.

  • Springas (sprincas,

      MS. B.), 262, 10.
Etymology
[Prompt. Parv. sprynge scaturigo, scatebra: O. L. Ger. gi-spring fons: O. Sax. aho-spring: O. H. Ger. ur-spring fons.]
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v. fǽr-, wen-, wund-spring.
a flux
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  • Wið ðæs magan springe, ii. 190, 16 (where see note): 192, 12.
a squirting, sprinkling
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  • Mon sceal ǽr mid wearmum springum and háte wætre beþian and þweán ða stówe,

      202, 21.

  • Mid spryngum,

      206, 17: 208, 14.
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v.  ge-spring.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “spring.” 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/28584.

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