springa

From Old Norse springa, from Proto-Germanic *springaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sprenǵʰ-.

• IPA^(key): /ˈspriŋka/

  Rhymes: -iŋka

springa (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative sprakk, third-person plural past indicative sprungu, supine sprungið)

1. (intransitive) to crack, break, split open, burst
2. (intransitive) to explode, blow up
3. (intransitive) to collapse or die (from overexertion, emotional distress, etc.)

• sprengja

• springe (e-infinitive)

From Old Norse springa.

• IPA^(key): /²sprɪŋːɑ/

springa (present tense spring, past tense sprang, past participle sprunge, passive infinitive springast, present participle springande, imperative spring)

1. to run
2. to leap, jump
3. to burst open

• springar
• springbrett

• “springa” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Old Norse springa, from Proto-Germanic *springaną.

springa

1. to spring, jump
2. to run
3. to burst

• Swedish: springa, spricka

• (Obsolete typography) ſpringa

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From Old Swedish springa, from Old Norse springa, from Proto-Germanic *springaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sprenǵʰ-.

springa (present springer, preterite sprang, supine sprungit, imperative spring)

1. to run (move quickly on legs)
2. (archaic) to jump

• språng
• springare
• springbrunn
• springsko

• hoppa (“jump; leap; skip”)
• jogga (“jog”)
• löpa (“run; stretch”)
• språngmarsch (“double-quick; jog; run”)

From Old Swedish springa, ultimately from etymology 1 above, which also had the sense “to burst” (derived from “to jump”). Compare spränga (“to blow up, explode”), and further German Sprung (“crack”), zerspringen (“to crack, burst”).

springa c

1. a crack, cranny (narrow elongated opening)
2. (informal) vagina, vulva

• springa in Svensk ordbok.

• angrips, spingar