spryng

Middle English

Etymology 1

Originally two distinct nouns:

• Old English spring, from Proto-West Germanic *spring, from Proto-Germanic *springaz (“watersource”).
• Old English spryng, from Proto-West Germanic *sprungi, from Proto-Germanic *sprungiz (“leap”), both nouns ultimately related to *springaną.

Alternative forms

• spring, springe, sprung, sprynge

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sprinɡ/, [spriŋɡ]

Noun

spryng (plural sprynges)

1. The emergence or flowing of water:
   1. A spring or font; a natural fountain.
   2. A tide (change in sea level caused by the moon).
2. New growth of plants or trees; a twig, shrub, or a mass of shrubs.
3. A source or origin; that which something originates from.

   Synonym: sours

4. The rise of the sun; sunrise, dawn.
5. A leap, jump, or strike.
6. (rare) The growth or appearance of hair.
7. (rare) A clock's spring or coil.
8. (rare) A snare for trapping birds.
9. (rare) The season between winter and summer; spring.

Descendants

• English: spring
• Scots: spring

References

• “spring, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

Verb

spryng

1. Alternative form of spryngen