sprengan

Old English

verb
Definitions
  • (transitive) to scatter something
  • (transitive) to sprinkle something (onto or over something else) (+ on, intō, ofer with dative or accusative)
  • (intransitive) to burst apart, splinter
  • (medical) to apply an enema or a suppository

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Germanic *sprangijaną (cause to spring).

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*sprangijaną

Gloss

cause to spring

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