m. I. an upspringing, rising of a heavenly body, coming of day or night :-- Upspryng ortus (solis), Ps. Spl. 103, 23. Fram ðære sunnan upspringes anginne a solis ortus cardine, Hymn. Surt. 50, 2. Fram ðære sunnan upspringe, Anglia viii. 317, 10. Up-sprince, Ps. Spl. 49, 2. Eásterne wind, subsolanus geháten, for ðan ðe hé blǽwð fram ðære sunnan upspringe, Lchdm. iii. 274, 15. Nihte of upspringe noctis exortu, Hymn. Surt. 2, 20. Ná manega dagas, ac án, se nát nǽnne upspring ne náne geendunge, Homl. Th. i. 490, 18. Þurh ðæs steorran upspring, 108, 5. II. a rising of water, breaking forth :-- On upspri[n]c (diluvii) inruptionem, Anglia xiii. 32, 124. III. birth :-- Hé gestrýnde Cainan. Æfter ðes upspringe (post ejus ortum) hé leofode eahtahundgeáre and fífténe geár, Gen. 5, 10. IV. what springs up :-- Lígloccode upspringas flammicomos ortus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 149, 10. up-spring