Ge-springan

According to the Old English Dictionary:

ge-springan

Substitute: To spring. I. to burst forth, of a fluid to spirt out, of sparks, drops, &c. (lit. or fig.), to fly :-- Þæt blód gesprang, B. 1667. Of þám wróhtdropan wíde gesprungon, Gn. Ex. 196. II. of energetic speech, to burst forth in words :-- In ðæt mearda of heofne cwóm loceteð l gesprang (cf. gesprintan) : 'In fruma waes word' in illud prooemium e coelo veniens eructavit: 'In principio erat verbum,' Mt. p. 9, 7. III. to grow as a plant (lit, or fig.) :-- Sigemunde gesprong æfter deáð dæge dóm unlytel, B. 88. IV. of fame, report, &c., to spread, be diffused :-- 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. V. to reach by spreading, spread and reach (fig.) :-- Wídgongel wíf word gespringeð (cf. word; II. 4 and 5 for the occurrence of word as the subject of springan); hæleð hý hospe mǽnað rumour reaches a rambling woman ; (i.e. she gets talked about) men make a mock of her, Gn. Ex. 65. VI. with a causative force, to send forth a stream :-- Cirica . . . féwor streámas neirxna wonga ongelíc gespranc (cf. ge-sprintan) ecclessia . . . quattuor flumina paradisi instar eructans, Mt. p. 8, 5. [O.H.Ger. ge-springan exsilire.] ge-springan