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ge-springan

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Substitute: To spring.
to burst forth, of a fluid to spirt out, of sparks, drops, &c. (lit. or fig.),
to fly
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  • Þæt blód gesprang,

      B. 1667.

  • Of þám wróhtdropan wíde gesprungon,

      Gn. Ex. 196.
of energetic speech,
to burst forth in words
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  • In ðæt mearda of heofne cwóm loceteð ł gesprang (cf. gesprintan) : 'In fruma waes word'

    in illud prooemium e coelo veniens eructavit: 'In principio erat verbum,'

      Mt. p. 9, 7.
to grow as a plant (
lit, or fig.)
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  • Sigemunde gesprong æfter deáð dæge dóm unlytel,

      B. 88.
of fame, report, &c.,
to spread, be diffused
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  • Gesprang mérsung his in alle Syria

    abiit opinio ejus in totam Syriam,

      Mt. L. 4, 14.

  • Gesprang (

    processit) mérðu (rumor )

    his in all loud.
      Mk. L. l, 28.
to reach by spreading, spread and reach (fig.)
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  • Wídgongel wíf word gespringeð (cf. word;
4 and 5 for the occurrence of word as the subject of springan);
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  • hæleð hý hospe mǽnað

    rumour reaches a rambling woman ; (i.e. she gets talked about) men make a mock of her,

      Gn. Ex. 65.
with a causative force,
to send forth a stream
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  • Cirica . . . féwor streámas neirxna wonga ongelíc gespranc (cf. ge-sprintan)

    ecclessia . . . quattuor flumina paradisi instar eructans,

      Mt. p. 8, 5.
Etymology
[O.H.Ger. ge-springan exsilire.]
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-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/49762.

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