aspringan

Old English

Etymology

From a- +‎ springan.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑs.prin.ɡɑn/, [ˈɑs.priŋ.ɡɑn]

Verb

aspringan

  1. to spring up, arise
    • Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church
      Þæt sixte wīte wæs, þæt mislīċe ḡeswel and blǣdran asprungon on heora līchaman on eallum his folce.
      The sixth plague was that various swellings and pustules sprung up on the bodies of all of his people.
    • Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church
      Sē ōðer godspellere āwrāt, þæt sum dǣl þǣs sǣdes þe on ðām gōdan lande āsprang āġēaf ðrītiġfealdne wǣstm, sum sixtiġfealdne, sum hundfealdne.
      The second evangelist wrote that some of the seeds that sprang up on the good land yielded thirtyfold fruit, some sixtyfold, and some a hundredfold.
  2. to cease, lack

Conjugation

Conjugation of aspringan (strong, class III)
infinitive aspringan aspringenne
indicative mood present tense past tense
first person singular aspringe asprang
second person singular aspringst asprunge
third person singular aspringþ asprang
plural aspringaþ asprungon
subjunctive present tense past tense
singular aspringe asprunge
plural aspringen asprungen
imperative
singular aspring
plural aspringaþ
participle present past
aspringende (ġe)asprungen
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