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tó-springan

  • verb [ strong ]
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Grammar
tó-springan, p. -sprang, pl. -sprungon; pp. -sprungen
To spring asunder, fly to pieces, to crack, burst open
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  • Tó ðám 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.
Etymology
[Er him þe herte tospringe, C. L. 593. O. H. Ger. zi-springan dissilire: Ger. zer-springen.]
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