Tó-springan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Tó-springan

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 tó-springan

p. -sprang, pl. -sprungon; pp. -sprungen To spring asunder, fly to pieces, to crack, burst open :-- Tó dám handum ðæt flǽsc tóspringaþ for chapped hands, Lchdm. in. 114, 4. Se deófol wearp ǽnne stán to ðære bellan, ðæt heó eall tósprang the bell flew all to pieces, Homl. Th. ii. 156, 10. Hí becómon tó ðám ísenan geate and ðæt tósprang ðǽrrihte him tógeánes they came to the iron gate, and it burst open straightway at their approach, 382, 12. Tósprang dissilit, Germ. 399, 272. Tóspringe crepet, 398, 112. [Er him þe herte tospringe, C. L. 593. O. H. Ger. zi-springan dissilire: Ger. zer-springen.] to-springan

Runic Inscription

ᛏᚩ-ᛋᛈᚱᛝᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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