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á-springan

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of motion,
of water
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  • Seó eá up áspryngð néh þǽm clife,

    • Ors. 1, 1
      • ;
    • S. 12, 29.
of a spark,
to be emitted
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  • ꝥ ásprunge sum spearca

    forsitan scintilla dissiliit,

    • Bt. 35, 5
      • ;
    • F. 164, 2.
of the heavenly bodies,
to arise
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  • Hwǽr þæs mónan níwnys beó on Martio up ásprungen,

      Angl. viii. 310, 36: 323, 6.

  • Up ásprung[n]um

    exorto,

      An. Ox. 86.
with idea of violence,
to rush up, burst forth
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  • Ásprang up tó þan swíðe sǽflód swá nán man ne gemunet ꝥ hit ǽfre ǽror dyde,

    • Chr. 1099
      • ;
    • P. 235, 5.

  • Éðna up of helle geate ásprong

    Aetna eruptionibus aestuabat,

    • Ors. 2, 6
      • ;
    • S. 88, 31.

  • Ásprong up Éþna fýr

    Aetna ignes eructavit,

    • 5, 2
      • ;
    • S. 220, 15.

  • Ðǽre sǽ gemengednyssa ungewunelíce gyt ne ásprungan.

      Hml. Th. i. 602, 12.
Ia. figurative:---
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  • Godes word þe of Gode silfum ásprungon,

      Wlfst. 190,14.
marking growth, descent,
to spring,
of human beings
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  • Án mǽgð ásprang of Seme,

      Wlfst, 12, 16.

  • Dauid of ðám cynne ásprang,

      13, 8.

  • Of æðelum cynne heó wæs ásprungon.

    • Chr. 1067
      • ;
    • P. 202, 19.
of plant-growth
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  • Hit út áspringþ on leáfum,

    • Bt. 34, 10
      • ;
    • F. 150, 4.

  • Ǽlcne telgor ǽr þám þe hé upp ásprunge (antequam oriretur in terra), on eorðan

      Gen. 2, 5.
of things,
to spring up, come into existence
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  • Hé gedyde ꝥ leóht up ásprang,

      Hml. S. 30, 61.
of abstract things:--
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  • Ofþissum syx tídum áspringð up bissextus,

      Angl. viii. 306, 4.

  • Áspringað clǽne geþóhtas on móde,

      Hml. Th. i. 362, 17.

  • Ásprang micel heófung and sárlic wóp on ðám háme,

      434, 14.

  • Seó dyrstignys ásprang,

      ii. 472, 24.

  • Ásprang gehwǽr mycel gedwyld,

    • Hml. S. 23, 353
      • :
    • Ll. Th. ii. 372, 12.

  • Mage of ðám þe ne mage nán unhlísa áspringan,

      376, 24.

  • Sceal áspringan sacu and clacu,

      Wlfst. 88, 9.

  • Up ásprungenne

    exortam(crudelitatem),

      An. Ox. 3804.
to spread (intrans. ) out (of fame, report, etc.)
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  • þá ásprang his word wíde geond land,

      Hml. S. 7, 388: 10, 75: 26, 239.

  • Iudan ege ásprang wíde geond land,

      25, 322.

  • Of ðám deáðe ásprang his nama geond ealne middangeard,

      Hml. Th. i. 226, 20.

  • Ásprang hire hlísa ofer land and sǽ,

      Hml. S. 9, 1.

  • His hlísa ásprang tó Syrian lande,

      16, 137.
to run out, cease, fail
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  • Ne áspringeð him nán gód

    non deficient omni bono,

      Ps. Th. 33, 10.

  • Eal tungla leóht áspringeþ,

      Bl. H. 91, 23.

  • In him ásprang (deficeret) and áteorode his líchaman mægn,

      Gr. D. 227, 11.

  • Is swá tó lǽtanne swá ꝥ líflice mægen ne áspringe,

      Lch. ii. 254, 13.

  • Ðý lǽs wé áspringa

    ne deficiamus,

      Rtl. 18, 3.

  • Áspringa

    deficere,

      72, 20.

  • Þá swétnesse þú him ne lǽtst nǽfre áspringan,

      Ps. Th. 30, 21.

  • Mótan ealle weóda wyrtum áspringan

    may there be no weeds for the plants,

      Lch. iii. 36, 27.

  • Áspringendi

    defectura,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 106, 10.

  • Ásprungen

    defectus,

      138, 19.

  • Háligdóm is full neáh ásprungen

    defecit sanctus,

      Ps. Th. 11, 1.
Etymology
[
O. H. Ger. ar-springan oriri, expergiscere, perfluere.
]
Similar entries
v. un-áspringende; á-sprungen
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v.  á-sprungen.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “á-springan.” 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/39068.

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