noun
Meaning 1
A snare.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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Standard Lemma guide
springe
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Sound
Pronunciation
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/spɹɪnd͡ʒ/
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rhymes with -ɪndʒ
verb
Meaning 2
To sprinkle; to scatter.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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verb
Meaning 3
To catch in a springe; to ensnare.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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History
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English spreng, a variant of spring with the form of sprengen.
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.