sprengan

Old English

Alternative forms
  • sprenċġan, sprængan

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈspreŋɡɑn/

Verb

sprengan

  1. (transitive, accusative) to scatter something
    • 1921, Joseph Bosworth & Thomas Northcote Toller, Bosworth-Toller Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online
      His ēagan wǣron spearcan sprengende.
      His eyes were scattering sparks.
  2. (transitive, accusative) to sprinkle something (onto or over something else) (+ on, intō, ofer with dative or accusative)
    • 1921, Joseph Bosworth & Thomas Northcote Toller, Bosworth-Toller Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online
      Sprænge se mæsseprēost hāligwæter ofer hig ealle.
      The priest sprinkle holy water over them all.
    • 1921, Joseph Bosworth & Thomas Northcote Toller, Bosworth-Toller Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online
      Genim ðās ylcan wyrte gesodene, spreng intō ðam hūse.
      Take (thee) up these same herbs (that have become) boiled/sodden, and sprinkle (them) into the house.
  3. (intransitive) to burst apart, splinter
    • 1921, Joseph Bosworth & Thomas Northcote Toller, Bosworth-Toller Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online
      Hē scēaf mid ðam scylde, ðæt se sceaft tōbærst, and ðæt spere sprengde, ðæt hit sprang ongēan.
      He shoved with his shield, the shaft burst in twain, and the spear splintered so that it sprang back.
  4. (medicine) to apply an enema or a suppository

Conjugation
Conjugation of sprengan (weak class 1)
infinitive sprengan tō sprengenne
indicative present past
1st-person singular sprenge sprengde
2nd-person singular sprengest sprengdest
3rd-person singular sprengeþ sprengde
plural sprengaþ sprengdon
subjunctive present past
singular sprenge sprengde
plural sprengen sprengden
imperative
singular spreng
plural sprengaþ
participle present past
sprengende (ġe)sprenged

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