Springa
Old Norse Dictionary - springa
Meaning of Old Norse word "springa"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word springa can mean:springa
- springa
- pres. spring; part. sprakk (Early Dan. sprank), sprakkt (sprakst), sprakk, pl. sprungu; subj. spryngi; imperat. spring; part. sprunginn: [common to all Teut. languages]:—prop. to spring, leap, bound; this sense, however, is obsolete in the Icel. and only found in poets; hefðir egi mat nema á hræjum spryngir, unless thou springest on carrion, as a beast of prey, Hkv. 2. 31.
- springa
- II. to burst, split; steinar springa, Blas. 47; horuit sprakk í miðju, Eg. 212; kýlinu því er ek hugða fyrir löngu mynði s., Fms. vii. 121; sprakk fótrinn í nátt, of a boil, Hrafn. 15; eggið sprakk, the egg burst; rak hann niðr annat knó á arinhellu svá at sprakk mjök, Bs. i. 680; sprotinn kom á andlitið ok sprakk fyrir, struck him in the face so that the skin was grazed, Nj. 16; kom hamarinn í höfuð Þorvarði ok sprakk mjök fyrir en haussinn rifnaði, Sturl. ii. 38; ok springr fyrir undir, svá var höggit mikit, Fms. xi. 133; bold hans bólgnaði ok sprungu á sár, Mar.
- springa
- 2. to die from over-exertion, grief, or the like, Bs. i. 631; sumir sprungu með öllu ok dó úsárir, Fms. vi. 421; ok vóru þá sprungnir báðir, Eb. 178; eykirnir sprungu, Fms. x. 203, Gísl. 15, Karl. 310; annat mun þér verða enn þú springir af torfkasti, Sturl. iii. 225; Grímr var sprunginn af róðrinum, Fas. ii. 355; s. af harmi, Sæm. 158, Gkv. 1. 2; at hón hafi sprungit af stríði, Ld. 230; sprakk hón af harmi ok dó, Edda 38.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᛒᚱᛁᚾᚴᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- Dan.
- Danish.
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- imperat.
- imperative.
- l.
- line.
- n.
- neuter.
- part.
- participle.
- pl.
- plural.
- prop.
- proper, properly.
- pres.
- present.
- subj.
- subjunctive.
- Teut.
- Teutonic.
- v.
- vide.
- m.
- masculine.
Works & Authors cited:
- Hkv.
- Helga-kviða Hundingsbana. (A. II.)
- Blas.
- Blasius Saga. (F. III.)
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Eg.
- Egils Saga. (D. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Hrafn.
- Hrafnkels Saga. (D. II.)
- Mar.
- Maríu Saga. (F. III.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)
- Sturl.
- Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)
- Eb.
- Eyrbyggja Saga. (D. II.)
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- Gísl.
- Gísla Saga. (D. II.)
- Gkv.
- Guðrúnar-kviða. (A. II.)
- Karl.
- Karla-magnús Saga. (G. I.)
- Ld.
- Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)
- Sæm.
- Sæmundar Edda. (A, C. I.)