aspringan

Old English

Etymology

From a- +‎ springan.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

aspringan

1. to spring up, arise
   • c. 989–992 CE, Ælfric of Eynsham, edited and translated by Benjamin Thorpe, F.S.A., The Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church, volume II, London: Richard and John E. Taylor, published 1846, page 192:

     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.

   • c. 989–992 CE, Ælfric of Eynsham, edited and translated by Benjamin Thorpe, F.S.A., The Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church, volume II, London: Richard and John E. Taylor, published 1846, page 92:

     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