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springe¹

  • /spɹɪnd͡ʒ/

Rhymes with -ɪndʒ

Where it comes from

Inherited from Middle English sprengen, from Old English sprenġan, sprenġċan, from Proto-West Germanic *sprangijan, from Proto-Germanic *sprangijaną (“to cause to spring”). See sprinkle.

verb springes · springing · springeing · springed

  1. obsolete To sprinkle; to scatter.

springe²

  • /spɹɪnd͡ʒ/

Rhymes with -ɪndʒ

Where it comes from

Inherited from Middle English spreng, a variant of spring with the form of sprengen.

noun springes

  1. obsolete A snare. Ay, springes to catch woodcocks

verb springes · springing · springeing · springed

  1. transitive To catch in a springe; to ensnare. By an active poacher who had hit a hare / From the other barrel, tired of springeing game

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@misc{springe_2026,
  title = {springe},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/springe},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}