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Springe

//spɹɪnd͡ʒ// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun

1
A snare. obsolete
"Ay, springes to catch woodcocks"

Verb

1
To sprinkle; to scatter. obsolete
2
To catch in a springe; to ensnare. transitive
"By an active poacher who had hit a hare / From the other barrel, tired of springeing game"

Etymology

Etymology 1

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.

Etymology 2

Inherited from Middle English spreng, a variant of spring with the form of sprengen.

Etymology 3

Inherited from Middle English spreng, a variant of spring with the form of sprengen.

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